Swedish fintech company Doconomy has launched a credit card that tracks the carbon dioxide emissions of purchases, and caps the climate impact of users' spending.
The DO Black credit card directly connects our consumption to the impact it has on the planet, in a bid to encourage us to actively reduce our carbon footprint each day.
Users can make their daily purchases with the DO card, tracking the carbon emissions associated with their spending via the DO app.
The app uses a calculation system called the ƅland Index to measure the CO2 produced with every transaction, and allows users to put limits on the climate impact of their spending.

Those who sign up to DO will receive access to a free savings account that helps them understand their carbon footprint, learn about UN-certified climate compensation projects, and discover investment funds that have a positive impact on people and the planet. The card itself is made of bio-sourced material and is printed with Air Ink ? an ink made from recycled air pollution particles, namely the unburned carbon soot that comes out of car exhaust pipes, chimneys and generators.

According to the Paris Agreement, which was signed by the United Nations in November 2016, to avoid an irreversible climate crisis global emissions must be halved by 2030.
"While countries are working to address climate change through the Paris Agreement, it's clear we need much more ambitious climate action, and we need it now; but, governments cannot solve...