30 November 2021, London – PlanetWatch, the world’s first decentralised indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring network, will now offer its user community the possibility to convert PLANET tokens into carbon credits issued by ClimateTrade to contribute to sustainable carbon emission reducing plans.
Founded in 2020, PlanetWatch is a spinoff of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The data collected by PlanetWatch air sensors is transcribed onto the Algorand blockchain, which makes this air quality repository immutable. There are currently 20,000 air sensors spread across the globe, with the number of PlanetWatchers rapidly increasing. The network went live on Algorand MainNet in August 2020. PLANET tokens are the firm’s utility tokens, earned when a sensor sends valid air quality data – and they can now be used to offset carbon emissions.
“PlanetWatch and its community play such an important role in monitoring air quality around the world. It is a pleasure for ClimateTrade to be able to empower them to take even more direct climate action through carbon offsetting”, said Francisco Benedito, CEO and Co-Founder of ClimateTrade.
Claudio Parrinello, CEO of Planetwatch, added: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with ClimateTrade, and are looking forward to a mutually beneficial relationship that will enhance the impact of both companies in their efforts to create a more sustainable environment”.
“It is great to foresee that a fraction of our PLANET tokens will be used to support climate mitigation projects, while helping ordinary people make their own cities smarter and cleaner, for the benefit of us all”.
ClimateTrade helps companies achieve carbon neutrality by allowing them to invest capital in proven and reviewed climate projects that fit the needs of the company. The firm developed the first carbon credit platform with blockchain technology, which allows responsible companies to offset their emissions by purchasing peer-to-peer carbon credits directly from mitigation project developers, avoiding intermediaries.
About PlanetWatch s.a.s.
Planetwatch s.a.s., is a high-tech startup based in France, less than a mile away from CERN. By leveraging synergically the Algorand blockchain, advanced data acquisition software developed at CERN and high-performance yet affordable air quality sensors, including advanced devices developed by a major research institute, Planetwatch decentralizes, incentivizes and gamifies environmental monitoring. Planetwatch is currently deploying dense, low-cost air quality monitoring networks delivering real-time data and building the first global immutable ledger for historical air quality data. For more information, visit https://www.planetwatch.io.
About ClimateTrade
ClimateTrade is a Spanish-based climate marketplace helping global brands achieve their sustainability goals by offsetting CO2 emissions and financing climate regenerative projects. Pioneering the development of its blockchain marketplace, ClimateTrade recently launched an API and a Widget that allow companies to offer carbon-neutral products and services to their customers. For more information: https://climatetrade.com/.
