Citizens, cities, and companies take verifiable climate-positive actions such as:

• Tree planting
• Building retrofits
• Switching to clean mobility
• Regenerative farming
• Resource conservation
• Soil, air, or water restoration

Nothing is rewarded yet.

Each action is validated through trusted, multi-source data:

📡 Satellite and drone imagery

📱 IoT and sensor systems

📸 Human proof with metadata

🧾 Cross-source audit trails

Only once verified is the action eligible for evaluation.

Gaia’s AeonCore-G engine simulates the long-term CO₂ impact and systemic value of the action:

• Calculates contribution to regeneration
• Flags duplication, inflation, or manipulation
• Queues the credit issuance in a mint pool, pending verified offset.

No credits are minted yet.

The action is queued, not rewarded, until the offset is real.

Over time, Gaia monitors the action's actual impact.

• Did the tree grow?
• Was the energy saved?
• Was pollution measurably reduced?
• ...

Once 1 tonne of CO₂ is confirmed offset, the mint is triggered.

Only now are credits created:

✅ 1 GRVC (Gaia Regenerative Value Credit) issued to the city, company, or service provider

✅ 1,000 GC (Gaia Credits) distributed among verified participants (citizens or communities)

Credits are:

• Non-tradable
• Non-transferable
• Non-speculative

Bound to verified ecological value, not intent or declaration

When agreements are in place, GC can be redeemed by citizens for real services:

• Pay part of a city tax or bill
• Get a supermarket or transport coupon
• Donate to a green infrastructure fund
• Use GC for climate competitions

In these cases:

• GC is burned
• 1 GRVC per 1,000 GC is minted
• GRVC is transferred to the partner city or vendor
• All transfers are publicly visible in Gaia’s ledger

This creates a circular, traceable ecosystem where citizen action fuels real, auditable city-level offsets.

All credit issuance, GC redemption, and GRVC transfers are logged in the Gaia Ledger:

• Transparent by city, actor, and date
• Verifiable by governments, funders, ESG teams
• Exportable for SECAP, LIFE, SDG, and Horizon compliance

Gaia Protocol’s tools also include:

• Custom dashboards for city planning teams
• GC leaderboards and citizen competitions
• Institutional researcher access
• Education kits for schools and youth
• Local reward conversion with verified partners

❌ Not a carbon offset marketplace

❌ Not based on pledges or intentions

❌ Not a speculative crypto project

✅ Gaia Protocol only validates what can be proven — and only rewards what regenerates