In the spirit of maximum transparency, all activities are evaluated by third parties on a regular basis. For its domestic activities, Climate Austria receives funding from the Federal Ministry of Climate Action. In the area of air travel, Climate Austria collaborates with Austrian Airlines and Vienna Airport.
Rigorous criteria apply for the use of your voluntary climate protection contribution. Upon receipt by KPC, the payment is transferred to a dedicated escrow account and is only paid out to climate protection projects after they have been successfully implemented.
Unsuccessful projects will be replaced with other qualified projects. Straightforward transparency rules apply to both the selection of projects and the dedicated use of your contribution.
Transparency also means, among other things, that we publish selected climate protection projects supported by Climate Austria on this website. International climate protection projects are additionally published on the official websites of the Gold Standard, the Verified Carbon Standard, or the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Our portfolio strategy guarantees a well-balanced mix of regions and technologies for climate protection activities. Please note: different technologies at varying development stages in the project country lead to different avoidance costs per ton of CO2.
This is why KPC's CO2 calculator uses an average price per ton of CO2. It is calculated on the basis of the abatement costs of all supported climate protection projects, taking into account standard market prices on the international CO2 market.