Climaider is for anyone that wants to contribute to a greener future.

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We started Climaider because we wanted to make it easier to make a measurable and effective difference to the climate. It might be hard to see what you can do as an individual - this is what we strive to help you get past!

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As a Climaider member, you help fund effective climate projects around the world that make an effective and measurable difference to the climate. We help you reduce your carbon emissions and offset the emissions you are unable to reduce.

No. We are a business for impact - because we don't have time to wait. We need to grow as much as possible to have as big an impact as possible, and that also involves leveraging all the tools normal businesses have available, like investors. So even though we measure our bottom line in carbon, in all other areas we operate like a normal company. Carbon credits are also considered a commodity in Denmark anyway, so we would not be able to get tax exemptions.

There is no commitment period, and if you want to unsubscribe one day, you can do so immediately.

You can always cancel your membership in the app or by writing to us at hello@climaider.com

You can contact us by email by writing to hello@climaider.com or by calling us on 30248313.

We set the highest standards for our projects. We only support projects that have been verified and approved by either the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) or the Gold Standard. Similarly, our climate project will also be verified to the same rigorous standards. VCS and GS are two organisations that work to assess and verify projects. They are independent of the projects and go out regularly to check that everything is as it should be - and are the two most rigorous and thorough standards in the industry.

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This is also what is recommended by CONCITO:

"However, to be as effective and credible as possible, the purchase of offsets should only be made through organisations that use the most demanding standards for certifying the carbon reductions of projects, such as the Gold Standard or VCS"

- Henrik Gudmundsson, CONCITO, Denmark Green Think Tank

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In addition to adhering to these strict standards, we set a wide range of additional requirements and criteria that our experts have established, based on the latest research in the field. That's why we can confidently say that we believe we offer the very best projects available.

No. Paying indulgences filled the priests' pockets. Supporting climate projects fund real, measurable climate action that removes or avoids CO2, fights poverty and protects the earth's biodiversity. We strongly encourage people to use the results of our carbon calculator to look at their own consumption and see where they can take action. But all the evidence suggests that our members are doing just that!

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In the surveys we have done, almost no one indicates that they use compensation as a way to avoid doing other things for the climate. Indeed, the research suggests that those who buy climate credits also reduce their own direct emissions around 350% faster than those who don't. Offsetting is for those who want to do something extra for the climate. It's for those who want to use their money as efficiently as possible and put it where it will make the biggest difference.

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But even if a few choose to compensate without even looking at their own lives, we still see it as far better than nothing. Those people, we imagine, wouldn't have done anything anyway, and their money then helps save the climate many times more CO2 than they could have done at home.

Our projects are in developing countries, and for good reason. In a nutshell: the most climate for the money.

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In many developing countries there are so-called "low hanging fruits" - problems that can be easily solved and which make a big difference. In Denmark, if you need to emit less CO2 from your cooking, you could, for example, go out and buy a AAA+ energy-rated cookstove with the latest technology in it. But the same problem in a very poor area could be as simple as giving people a simple clay stove instead of cooking over an open fire. And while the solution is so much easier and cheaper, it also makes a bigger difference. The few percent of electricity you save on your new stove in Denmark pales in comparison to the hundreds of kilograms of coal saved each year by giving a poor family access to a better stove. Plus, it saves the family's kids from exposure to smoke all day and saves the family a lot of money on fuel, among other things.

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This is also how we support the people who are hardest hit by climate change, despite the fact that they bear the least responsibility in the crisis. If, on top of that, we can go into countries that are industrialising and ensure that that industrialisation is on sustainable energy, then we can skip the coal, oil and gas-dependent industrialisation that has helped create the problem in the rest of the world.

Along with many other things, yes. We have to put in an effort everywhere. We are so many people on this planet who are concerned and care about solving these problems. The more we get together to do something, the closer we get to solving the problem. At Climaider, we don't believe there is one solution, but many small solutions.

We therefore believe that we must push our politicians for systemic change, transform our own lives, innovate technologically and fund carbon reductions elsewhere in the world. That means starting where the solutions are most accessible and make the biggest difference. In other words, we start with the lowest hanging fruit, where the most climate value for money can be found.

A number of precautions are taken to safeguard the trees. Firstly, they are only planted on land where "perpetual contracts" have been signed - contracts that state that the land will be forested in perpetuity. This could be a contract with the local government, for example. In addition, we are not just going in and planting new forest, but trying as far as possible to solve the underlying problems that caused the forest to be cut down in the first place. Through employment with Eden Reforestation Projects, local people are lifted out of the extreme poverty that forced them to cut down the forests in the first place.

They plant the forests themselves, adding a sense of ownership to the financial incentive they already have from being paid to look after the trees. They are employed not only to plant the trees, but equally to look after them and protect them from, for example, illegal felling. Over time, this incentive becomes even stronger, as some of the trees are planted as fruit and nut trees, providing extra income for the locals. At the start of the project, provision is also made to meet the firewood needs that often prompted people to cut down the trees in the first place.

Replacing cooking over open fires with efficient or solar cookers ensures that the need for firewood does not exceed what the local environment can bear. As the years go by and the trees grow, the quality of the soil and the environment for the animals improves too. It prevents erosion and maintains shorelines, making farming in the areas more profitable. The trees we plant are mangrove trees on the coast. Their roots are in the water and become home to abundant wildlife. It also gives the locals back their fishing opportunities.

In many indirect ways, the trees also benefit local people, giving them a strong incentive to look after them. Forest fires are often one of the biggest fears associated with tree projects, but as our trees are in water, this risk is virtually non-existent. And even if a tree doesn't survive planting or ends up being felled or burned, Eden says the trees fortunately replant themselves at a rate of 1:3. This means that for every tree we plant, on average three live trees will be left.

So if you plant, say, 15 trees a month, you're likely to end up with 45. Of course, nothing can be guaranteed 100% and we can't promise that the island won't be hit by a tsunami or other force majeure out of the blue - but we can do our best to avoid all reasonable hazards. All these measures give us confidence that our trees will survive and thrive, but it is precisely because we cannot guarantee this 100% that we choose not to count the trees as climate offsets.

Yes, you can. Contact us at hello@climaider.com if you want to know more or to arrange a visit.

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When you use the CO2 calculator in our app, you answer a series of questions about your lifestyle. We'll match your answers with emissions factors to give you an estimate of your carbon footprint. That way, we can calculate your CO2 emissions. We've put together all the methods and sources used for calculating your carbon footprint in this whitepaper.

The figure we give you is an educated guess based on average figures. Not all the parameters in the calculation can be made without making certain assumptions based on an average and there are many choices that go into the choice of emission factors. Therefore, your result should be taken as an estimate and not an absolute truth.
However, keep in mind that if you use the detailed version of the calculator, you will also get a more accurate figure. Of course, in order not to make the calculator too long, there are still some things we don't ask about, but most of them are included in the detailed calculator.