To support Papua New Guinea’s efforts to combat climate change, the Swiss blockchain company Fedrok AG and Howarig Trader (HT) have partnered to develop T4G Pay, a blockchain-based digital payments platform that helps the tokenization and trading of carbon credits.
Connecting Financial Access with Climate Accountability
With 97% of land in Papua New Guinea held under customary ownership, the nation’s landowners stand at the heart of climate stewardship. Through T4G Pay and government-issued SevisPass Digital IDs, these landowners gain access to tokenized carbon credit markets, ensuring their participation is both recognized and financially rewarded.
T4G Pay allows Papua New Guinea’s landowners and citizens to earn rewards for verified low-carbon activities through a stablecoin called T4G Token (T4GT). The platform wants to tackle two of the country’s biggest challenges: financial exclusion and underutilized carbon market potential, in one unified ecosystem.
The technology backbone of T4G Pay is powered by Fedrok AG’s proprietary “Proof of Green” (PoG) consensus mechanism, which makes sure that all transactions are validated using renewable energy-powered blockchain operations.
Howarig Traders brings local expertise, using its partnerships with government entities and rural communities to deliver digital financial services integrated with Papua New Guinea’s SevisPass Digital ID system, improving accessibility and trust in digital transactions.
Peter Kinjap, CEO of Howarig Traders, pointed out:
“This collaboration represents an important step toward building local infrastructure that is aligned with both environmental and economic goals. We look forward to piloting this approach in PNG and developing it further based on community engagement.”
Empowering Landowners in the Carbon Economy
With an estimated 3.1 billion metric tons of carbon reserves spread across its rainforests and mangroves, Papua New Guinea stands to gain greatly from this digital carbon economy. T4G Pay integrates benefit-sharing models and blockchain-powered revenue distribution, making sure that 45-65% of net proceeds from tokenized carbon credit sales go directly to landowners through smart contracts.
The platform uses government-issued SevisPass Digital IDs to verify landowner identities and distribute tokenized carbon credits transparently. By doing so, it helps secure indigenous land rights while providing direct financial benefits for climate stewardship. This project is a welcome move in the nation as much of the population is unbanked. By enabling secure access to carbon markets, T4G Pay allows local landowners to benefit directly from the nation’s natural resources.
Dr. Philip Blazdell, CEO of Fedrok AG, stated:
“We’re pleased to support a platform that aims to combine financial inclusion with climate transparency. This is about helping local communities to participate in the carbon economy while using blockchain to bring more traceability and structure to how carbon assets are created and traded.”
Long-Term Vision and Global Impact
With pilots scheduled for mid-2025 across multiple provinces, T4G Pay positions Papua New Guinea as a pioneering case study for blockchain-powered climate finance in emerging markets.
The platform’s smart contract architecture, combined with Fedrok’s Swiss-grade compliance framework, forms a model for how developing nations can leverage decentralized technologies for social and environmental impact.The project’s long-term ambition is to extend its impact beyond Papua New Guinea, bringing the model to other carbon-rich countries while promoting green blockchain adoption worldwide.
