# Klima Protocol ## Documentation - [Welcome to the Klima Protocol](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/readme.md): Open-source, rules-based infrastructure for carbon markets. - [What is Klima?](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/what-is-klima.md): Klima is open, rules-based market infrastructure for carbon markets, delivering transparency and real-time execution for carbon credit retirements. - [Roadmap & Timeline](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/roadmap-and-timeline.md): The Klima roadmap from 2021 to 2026, covering onchain carbon markets, Carbonmark, Base network migration, kVCM/K2 launch, and the first Klima Protocol app. - [Overview for Carbon Buyers](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/carbon-buyers-handbook/overview.md): Retire carbon credits through Klima at programmatically determined, real-time execution terms. Receive blockchain-verifiable proof of retirement via Carbonmark and optionally link beneficiary details. - [Why offset carbon with Klima?](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/carbon-buyers-handbook/why-offset-carbon-with-klima.md): Offset carbon with Klima for fast, programmatic settlement, deep onchain liquidity, real-time pricing, and transparently traceable retirements on a public blockchain. - [Retirement Guide](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/carbon-buyers-handbook/retirement-guide.md) - [Overview for Carbon Suppliers](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/carbon-sellers-handbook/overview-for-carbon-suppliers.md): Supply eligible carbon credits to the Klima Protocol at programmatically determined execution terms, with automated settlement. - [Supplier Guide](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/carbon-sellers-handbook/overview.md): To do: screenshots of liquidating a credit once the front end is ready. - [Overview for Liquidity Providers](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/liquidity-providers-handbook/overview.md): Provide liquidity to kVCM trading pairs to support access, receive a pro-rata share of trading fees generated on Aerodrome, and, where applicable, become eligible for protocol-defined incenti - [Overview for Stakeholders](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/governance-handbook/overview.md): Understand how the Klima Protocol’s dual-token system and governance support carbon pricing signals, protocol coordination, and non-extractive participation. - [How to acquire tokens?](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/governance-handbook/how-to-acquire-tokens.md): Acquire kVCM and K2 at current market prices via Coinbase or Aerodrome, and learn what you can do with your tokens next. - [Overview of Carbon Classes](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/carbon-class-handbook/overview-of-carbon-classes.md): Learn how the Klima Protocol organises individual carbon credits into structured “carbon classes.” - [Regen Network Credits](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/carbon-class-handbook/regen-network-credits.md): This page explains how Regen Network registered credits are made available in Carbon Classes, what happens when you retire, and how to interpret your retirement receipt. - [Overview for Developers](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/developers-handbook/overview.md): Build with Klima using permissionless functions to automate carbon retirement, fetch real-time execution quotes, execute supply and retirement transactions, and analyse market data via the Carbonmark. - [Protocol overview](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/reference/overview.md): The Klima Protocol is open, rules-based infrastructure designed to support carbon credit intake and retirement through transparent execution terms and onchain settlement. - [Governance](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/reference/governance.md): What allocation does, how it shapes the protocol, and when doing nothing is perfectly fine. - [Governance (Archived)](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/reference/governance-archived.md) - [Liquidity](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/reference/liquidity.md): Learn how Klima’s kVCM liquidity pools internalise carbon inventory, route all economic activity through a single fungible token, and let users provide the liquidity that powers the system. - [Incentives](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/reference/incentives.md) - [Token Distribution](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/reference/token-distribution.md) - [Glossary](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/reference/glossary.md) - [Protocol Implementation & Upgrade Transparency](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/reference/protocol-implementation-and-upgrade-transparency.md): This document explains how the protocol’s software implementation is maintained, upgraded, and secured over time. - [Fair Launch](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/reference/fair-launch.md): Klima's Fair Launch ran from April 2025 until October 2025. A final window for genuine legacy KLIMA holders who missed the it can convert KLIMA into kVCM at a fixed 1 : 1 rate. - [Contract addresses](https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/links/contract-addresses.md): These are the official contract and wallet addresses for K2, kVCM, the new Klima Protocol, and the legacy KlimaDAO system. Protect yourself by only using the links and addresses provided here. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on a page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.klimaprotocol.com/readme.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. 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