Hedera Expands Climate Impact as BCarbon Moves 2 Million Carbon Credits On-Chain

• BCarbon is moving its carbon registry to Hedera, shifting over 2 million issued carbon credits onto the network.
• The migration adds on-chain serial tracking, audit trails and workflow automation under Hedera Guardian.

BCarbon has announced the migration of its Web3-native carbon registry to Hedera, transferring more than 2 million issued carbon credits onto the network. The credits cover methane abatement projects and are part of a broader strategy to manage carbon assets through distributed ledger infrastructure.

BCarbon is a nonprofit registry and climate research center that originated from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. 

The transition places the organization’s existing tokenized credits onto the Hedera network to support serialized asset traceability and digital audit trails. Therefore, the move will strengthen verification processes across the full lifecycle of carbon projects. The BCarbon registry has been running on blockchain since its inception, using Polygon in the past before selecting Hedera for the next stage.

BCarbon has tokenized credits in several project categories. These include methane emissions elimination through well plugging, soil carbon sequestration, forestry initiatives, and blue carbon projects tied to coastal ecosystems. The registry reports that more than 2 million carbon credits have been issued to date, each represented as a digital asset.

Hedera recently introduced x402, a payment standard designed to support small programmatic payments for the emerging agentic AI economy. CNF noted that x402 builds on existing internet standards, such as HTTP 402, and enables microtransactions over the network using HBAR or other crypto assets.

Digital Infrastructure and Hedera Guardian Integration

The migration introduces Hedera’s open standards framework for registry operations. BCarbon noted that the network architecture enables predictable prices, scalability to meet performance, and verifiable records.

In addition, the company assured users that it will incorporate Hedera Guardian for digital environmental procedures and processes. 

Guardian integration will automate eligibility requirements, monitoring processes, and validation processes across various carbon protocols. This automation will apply to future projects involving soil, forestry, methane, and blue carbon methodologies. The registry also aims to align with standards-based infrastructure initiatives, including the DPG National Carbon Registry initiated by the United Nations Development Programme on Hedera.

The project has received support from the Hedera Foundation. Hashgraph’s sustainability leadership stated that digital audit trails are essential for maintaining data integrity in carbon markets. 

BCarbon Chief Executive Officer Eric Unverzagt added:

The registry confirmed that all migrated credits will remain traceable and auditable on-chain. Future development plans include expanding interoperability with ecosystem partners and standards-aligned initiatives.

In recent crypto news, Hedera ranked first on Santiment’s RWA-focused development activity list, ahead of Chainlink and Avalanche. As we reported, the network held the top score at 278.17 points, based on GitHub and developer contribution metrics

HBAR price has, however, remained bearish, down 1.5% over the past 24 hours, with a trading volume of $128.78 million.