Live Climate's high quality carbon offset projects enable you to support communities and global warming solutions with the same donation.

Our Mission:

To support carbon offset projects that have a positive impact on local communities and environments. Live Climate seeks to support these projects by creating a marketplace in which these positive co-benefits are fully valued by socially and environmentally minded donors.

To educate developed country consumers about the need for immediate action to address global poverty and climate change around the world.

Carbon Offsets with Co-Benefits

A program of Carbonfund.org, Live Climate offers donors high quality carbon offset projects that provide a unique focus on project co-benefits to communities. Carbon offset co-benefits are the positive social and/or environmental impacts of a carbon offset project - like trees providing local wildlife habitats, solar panels powering computers at schools, or job creation through project management.

With Carbonfund.org - the leading nonprofit carbon offset and climate solutions organization - Live Climate supports third-party validated and third-party verified carbon offset projects that provide you the assurance that your donation is fighting global warming, as well as poverty, today.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is my donation tax deductable?

Yes! As a program of Carbonfund.org, a Maryland based 501(c)(3) non-profit, your donations to Live Climate are tax deductable.

Are your carbon offset projects verified?

Our projects are verified to meet the highest third party standards in the world like the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards, The Voluntary Carbon Standard, Plan Vivo and the Environmental Resources Trust.

Are your carbon offsets validated?

All of our carbon offset projects are validated by independent groups like Rainforest Alliance and the Environmental Resources Trust.

Why is Live Climate a program of Carbonfund.org?

Carbonfund.org took on Live Climate in 2009 and is currently operating it as a programmatic offering to donors. A non-profit leader in the offset industry with a long history of supporting projects that display strong co-benefits, Carbonfund.org saw great opportunity in Live Climate to further enable donors to choose the project with co-benefits they want to support. Carbonfund.org assures that a donation to Live Climate will support the highest quality carbon offset projects with co-benefits.

Do carbon offset co-benefits make a project "higher quality"?

Carbon offset co-benefits enable donors to better match their values with their offsets. In terms of carbon and global warming, the quality of a carbon offset is determined by the standards and validation that the project meets. All of Live Climate's projects meet the highest third party standards.

I don't know much about my carbon footprint, can I just make a donation to a support a project?

Yes! You may make a custom donation to any one of Live Climate's supported projects by selecting a project, entering in your donation amount in dollars and pressing the blue "Update Cart" button.

Where can I find more information about how to reduce my carbon footprint?

Click here to visit Carbonfund.org's save energy page.

Where can I find more information about Carbonfund.org?

Click here to check out our website. You may also call (240-247-0630) or email with specific questions.

Contact Us

To contact us, please email info@liveclimate.org