Why offset carbon with Klima?

Offset carbon with Klima for fast, programmatic settlement, deep onchain liquidity, real-time pricing, and transparently traceable retirements on a public blockchain.

Klima’s raison d’être is to make the retirement of carbon credits as accessible and operationally simple as possible, in order to maximise the real-world impact of carbon markets. Carbon credits facilitated by the protocol are not held or traded for financial gain and may only be accessed through irreversible retirement.

Retiring carbon credits via the Klima Protocol provides several practical advantages, primarily derived from its rules-based, onchain execution model.

Programmatic settlement

Carbon retirements are executed via smart contracts, allowing buyers to complete transactions without bilateral contracting, manual reconciliation, or delayed settlement. This removes counterparty dependency and enables retirement to be finalised in seconds rather than days or weeks.

Continuous pricing and availability

The protocol applies a rules-based liquidity mechanism to service retirement demand across supported carbon classes. Pricing parameters update continuously based on observable supply and retirement activity, reducing uncertainty around execution terms.

End-to-end traceability

All protocol activity is recorded on a public blockchain, providing a verifiable chain of custody from carbon credit issuance on the originating registry, through protocol handling, to the final consumption of the credit’s environmental benefit.