AIFC and the American carbon standard BCarbon are building a “carbon bridge”: a memorandum of understanding has been signed

ASTANA, Kazakhstan – November 24, 2025 – Today, the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) and BCarbon, the American carbon standard, officially announced the beginning of a partnership. The parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which opens the doors of Central Asia for direct cooperation with American companies and investors.

BCarbon, based in Houston, Texas, USA, is a recognized innovator in the field of carbon units standardization. The organization specializes in developing evidence-based protocols focused on nature-based solutions, in particular on measuring carbon sequestration in soil and forests.

The AIFC Carbon Platform facilitates trading of carbon units on the Astana International Exchange in order to develop the market for environmental instruments and support the achievement of carbon neutrality in Central Asia.

The MoU defines concrete steps to integrate advanced US technologies into the Kazakhstan’s market. BCarbon will offer its unique measurement and verification protocols, as well as access to its research backed protocols and transparent registry technological registry.

In turn, the AIFC Carbon Platform will provide support in considering the possibility of implementing a pilot carbon project in Kazakhstan. It is expected that the pilot project will demonstrate the effectiveness of the BCarbon methodology in the climatic conditions of Kazakhstan, allowing local landowners and agricultural enterprises to monetize their efforts to restore soils and forests.

Chief Product Officer of AIFC Authority, Zhanbolat Kakishev, said: “The signing of this MoU lays the foundation for the construction of a reliable bridge that will connect the carbon markets of Kazakhstan and the United States. This strategic partnership has the potential not only to diversify the range of tools on AIX, but also to create a channel for attracting investments from US energy and industrial companies in Kazakhstan’s environmental projects, contributing to global decarbonization efforts.”

Chief Executive Officer at BCarbon, Eric Unverzagt: ”Arobust voluntary carbon market requires two fundamental pillars: unassailablescientific data and a transparent trading infrastructure. By bringing BCarbon’s rigorous, measurement-basedprotocols to the AIFC Carbon Platform, we are ensuring that the credits tradedin Astana represent real, verified removal. This partnership does more thanopen a market; it establishes a high-integrity standard that allows globalinvestors to trust the carbon assets originating from Kazakhstan’s vast naturallandscapes.”

A key element of the MoU is the intention to add BCarbon carbon units to the environmental instruments’ product line of Astana International Exchange, which will provide investors with access to high-quality verified assets.

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