🧵 NoviqTech × Hedera: Building Verifiable Carbon Removal Infrastructure at Scale NoviqTech is building a full stack approach to sustainability markets carbon removal supply plus digital infrastructure for verification and reporting. @NoviqTech_ is an Australian sustainability tech company behind platforms like Carbon Central and Fuel Central, designed to bring verifiable data and traceability to carbon and sustainable fuel markets. A key update is the extension of NoviqTechs strategic collaboration with the @HederaFndn for five years, structured around milestones and real usage. The framework includes up to 735000 US dollars in Hedera grants tied to measurable progress, not just announcements. That aligns incentives around adoption. At the platform level, NoviqTech continues to scale Carbon Central as a sustainability and MRV layer, using Hedera as a trust and integrity foundation for auditable records. Now the supply side. Through its Coralia unit, NoviqTech unveiled an ambitious biochar carbon removal strategy with two million tonnes of biomass secured under firm contracts. Over the project life, that biomass could translate into around 550000 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal, targeted under certified standards such as Puro earth. Execution is backed by corporate action. NoviqTech signed a binding agreement to acquire ninety percent of Coralia Pty Ltd, an Australian biochar carbon removal specialist. The strategy targets institutional demand with high integrity requirements, including data centres and artificial intelligence driven net zero commitments. Funding uses a combined capital raise structure and free attaching options. Leadership was strengthened with Timothy Brooks, Coralias founder, appointed as Executive Director for carbon dioxide removal strategy. That signals operational focus on commercialisation and market access. Beyond biochar, NoviqTech is expanding its digital environmental markets suite through Carbon Central, Fuel Central, and book and claim systems for sustainable fuels. The important connection is the full loop. Carbon removal projects need trusted measurement reporting and verification, and markets need auditability and traceability at scale. This is where Hedera fits. Not as a logo partnership, but as a scalable trust layer for verifiable records underpinning sustainability market infrastructure.

🧵 Every fraction of a degree counts But “climate action” also needs something unsexy: trustworthy market infrastructure. Here’s why @hedera fits that lane 👇 @UN @UNEP The UN keeps repeating the core message: oceans and marine ecosystems are under rising stress — warming, marine heatwaves, sea-level rise, acidification. And the impacts accelerate with every fraction of a degree. UNEP’s coral warning is brutal: At 1.5°C, 70–90% of reef-building corals are expected to die. At 2°C, ~99% could perish. So verification and integrity in nature/climate finance isn’t optional. If we want credible outcomes, we need credible rails: MRV data you can audit, credits you can trace, and retirements you can prove. That’s exactly where “DLT as a trust layer” matters. Not as hype, no as infrastructure: tamper-evident records + transparent lifecycle tracking. Australia is now building a concrete example: Eco-Markets Australia’s “Registry 2.0” — a modernised environmental credit registry platform. The build team: • @NoviqTech_ (ASX: NVQ) — Sydney-based • Eco-Markets Australia (EMA) — independent not-for-profit market administrator • @hashgraphgroup (THG) a Hedera-focused Swiss tech group What Registry 2.0 is designed to modernise: credit ISSUANCE → TRANSFER → RETIREMENT with better transparency, automation, and interoperability across programs. The Hedera connection (the key point): Registry 2.0 will leverage the open-source Hedera Guardian framework to tokenise and store digital MRV (dMRV) data as auditable, immutable records. Funding + timeline: The MVP is supported by a USD $160,000 grant (Hashgraph Association funding / milestones). Target: MVP completion in the first half of 2026. Why this matters for oceans specifically: EMA’s Reef Credit Scheme incentivises measurable improvements like reduced nitrogen runoff / sediment loads. That’s “nature outcomes” — and it needs verifiable data + transparent credit lifecycle. Big picture: @UNEP & @UN is right about urgency. Hedera-style compliance-first infrastructure is how you scale TRUST: auditability, integrity, and provable retirements — so “climate action” isn’t just claims. Not everything needs a token narrative. Sometimes adoption looks like registry upgrades and verification rails. And that’s exactly what Hedera is built for. Huge credit to @Incainvests for digging this up, great find 👏