Xange.com, Aptos Labs, and Decibel Foundation Announce Collaboration for Sovereign Mitigation Data Standard

Partnership Announcement at Climate Week Zurich

In a significant development during Climate Week Zurich, Xange.com, a prominent environmental intelligence firm based in Luxembourg, has announced a strategic partnership with Aptos Labs and the Decibel Foundation. This collaboration aims to launch the Immutable Metadata Digital Certificate (IMDC), which will serve as the first on-chain standard for sovereign mitigation data. This move comes at a critical time as nations around the globe enhance their commitments to environmental sustainability under the Paris Agreement.

What is the IMDC?

The Immutable Metadata Digital Certificate represents a revolutionary tokenization of environmental data, directly linking it to blockchain technology. The IMDC will not only provide verifiable and tradable data relating to sovereign mitigation outcomes but also facilitate the management of a market valued at over $100 billion in internationally transferred mitigation results. By utilizing blockchain infrastructure, this collaboration introduces a standardized and independently verifiable dataset that each market participant can access and trust.

Impact on Environmental Markets

The IMDC is positioned to play a critical role as Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement transitions from bilateral cooperation agreements to operational markets. The certification allows governments to incorporate treaty-regulated data onto a blockchain with unparalleled efficiency, enabling them to leverage their environmental achievements. Each IMDC issued will act as a cryptographically verifiable record of specific mitigation outcomes, including verification data, methodology identifiers, and lifecycle status.

The issuance process of the IMDC will be managed by a robust technological framework known as Global Environmental Market Infrastructure Solutions (GEMIS), developed by Xange.com. This framework aims to support sovereign participation in environmental markets with advanced digital monitoring and reporting systems.

Noteworthy Features of the IMDC Program

The initial IMDC program will manage a portfolio worth over $100 billion relating to Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMO). These outcomes will consist of various programs, including forest management, nature-based solutions, and renewable energy projects that countries have implemented under cooperative agreements delineated in Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement.

The announcement comes at a time when the institutional tokenization of real-world assets has crossed $27.5 billion on blockchain platforms in the first quarter of 2026, marking a staggering increase of 263% year-over-year.

Key Players in the Partnership

1. Xange.com: Acts as the emission layer and verification provider, facilitating the minting of IMDCs from sovereign-grade data collected through sophisticated digital monitoring, reporting, and verification systems.
2. Aptos Labs: Serves as the verification layer, offering a public and neutral ledger for IMDC issuance and lifecycle events. The Aptos blockchain is known for housing around $1 billion in institutional real-world assets.
3. Decibel Foundation: Functions as the market layer for trading IMDCs, granting institutional counterparts access to verified and tradable certificates with complete transparency throughout their lifecycle.

Future Prospects

The demand for reliable climate data has never been greater, with sovereign data requiring blockchain infrastructures that can handle intense volumes and ensure quick settlement processes for institutional financing. Aptos offers the required performance benchmarks to sustain such demands in the blockchain space.

Avery Ching, CEO of Aptos Labs, stated, "The sovereign climate data present challenges that most blockchain infrastructures cannot meet. Institutional performance standards, rapid finality for settlement, and an enduring audit trail sufficient for treaty bodies and auditors over decades are crucial. Aptos is the only active public network at present that combines the performance, finality, and institutional adoption required for this category."

In his remarks, Esteban van Goor, CEO and founder of Xange.com, emphasized the essential role verified data plays in facilitating access to climate financing. "Verified data is a valuable asset in itself. Nations with significant mitigation achievements have trillions of dollars’ worth of outcomes, but that value cannot be realized in international climate financing without reliable data and infrastructure. The IMDC turns the validated data underpinning those outcomes into a tradable instrument, where all market participants, from sovereign sellers to compliance buyers, can find trust."

About Xange.com, Aptos Labs, and Decibel

Xange.com is a Luxembourg-based environmental intelligence and market infrastructure provider, specializing in digital MRV systems and market participation aligned with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Aptos Labs develops the Aptos blockchain, specifically designed for institutional-grade real-world asset infrastructures. Decibel offers institutional exchange services on the Aptos blockchain, providing pricing discovery and settlement infrastructure for digital assets including IMDCs.

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