Standing alongside the communities leading the way on climate action
Why Carbon Kind Exists
Communities in West Africa are facing some of the earliest and sharpest impacts of climate change, despite contributing the least to the problem. Deforestation, water shortages, and soil degradation are reshaping daily life. These challenges are urgent, but they’re not unsolvable.
Carbon Kind was created to bring practical, community-led solutions to the centre of climate action, and to ensure that organisations investing in carbon credits can do so with confidence, integrity, and clarity about how impact is delivered on the ground.
Our Mission
To empower communities to build resilience to poverty and climate change, and connect them with organisations committed to meaningful climate action.
This mission guides every decision we make: from the projects we build, to the partners we choose, to the stories we share.
Powered by Partnership
Carbon Kind works through long-term partnerships with trusted local and international organisations. Together, we ensure every project is rooted in genuine community leadership, rigorous standards, and practical, lasting impact.
Deki | Bristol, UK
Deki is an international development charity with more than 16 years of experience supporting rural communities across West Africa. They lead on programme design, governance and impact measurement, ensuring that every project strengthens livelihoods, promotes sustainable development and builds long-term resilience.
Working closely with local communities, Deki delivers solutions that address a range of environmental and social challenges, including access to safe water, improved cooking solutions, and support for organic farming cooperatives. Their community-led approach places a strong emphasis on women’s empowerment, recognising the central role women play in driving household wellbeing, economic development and long-term community resilience.
IADES | Togo
IADES is a grassroots Togolese organisation with deep, longstanding relationships in rural farming communities.
They lead local implementation, community mobilisation, and training, ensuring every project is shaped with communities, not imposed on them.
Carbon Kind | Bristol, UK
Carbon Kind brings the partnership together by certifying climate impact, managing the sale of high-integrity carbon credits, and reinvesting climate finance into regenerative, community-led solutions.
We ensure that carbon finance flows directly to the communities driving real change on the ground, creating a fair, circular economy where climate action delivers lasting environmental, social and economic benefits. By empowering local people and supporting sustainable livelihoods, every carbon credit helps build a more resilient future.
Meet the Co-Founders
Behind Carbon Kind is a partnership built on global vision and local leadership — strengthened by over a decade of working together and committed to delivering climate justice from the ground up.
Vashti Seth, Founder, Carbon Kind & Deki
Vashti Seth is the founder of Carbon Kind’s sister charity, Deki, Two purpose-led organisations committed to restoring ecosystems and expanding opportunity and equality.
Her journey began in 2009, inspired by a young Tibetan girl, Deki Dolkha, whom her father sponsored. Continuing that support after his passing revealed how structural inequalities hold women back, not for lack of ideas or strength, but for lack of access to opportunity.
What began as a microfinance charity evolved into a movement delivering clean energy, safe water, and regenerative farming. every programme is community-led and partnership-driven.
“True climate action unites people and communities to regenerate the planet — not just reduce emissions.”— Vashti Seth
Christian Kadangah, Founder, Carbon Kind & IADES
Christian Kadangah is a Togolese community leader and finance expert who has spent over 13 years working at the intersection of economic empowerment, environmental resilience, and grassroots development.
After leaving a microfinance bank in 2011, he founded IADES to work directly with rural communities underserved by traditional systems, helping families gain access to clean energy, safe water, and sustainable farming.
Christian’s leadership and his team’s deep local expertise are central to Carbon Kind’s success, ensuring every project is built with the people it serves, not just for them.
“Carbon Kind exists to bring dignity, opportunity, and regeneration to the heart of our communities.”
— Christian Kadangah
Join us in building climate solutions that work for people and the planet.
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