At COP30’s Finance Day, Malawi unveiled the world’s first AI-enabled Paris Agreement Implementation Platform (PAIP), marking a significant milestone in climate finance innovation. This blockchain-verified platform integrates artificial intelligence, smart contracts, satellite imagery, and machine learning to monitor carbon emissions and verify climate projects. Designed to create a transparent, investor-ready marketplace for climate finance, PAIP links every stage of the emissions value chain—from inventory to project validation, auctioning, and retirement—into a unified digital ecosystem. Developed by the Green Economy Partnership (GEP) and TRST01, the platform is tailored to Malawi’s needs and will be offered free of charge to other Global South nations to accelerate their Article 6 projects. Richard Perekamoyo, Principal Secretary of Malawi’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change, emphasized the platform’s ability to track CO₂ emissions, restored hectares, and investment returns with scientific precision, bolstering trust in national data. Ivano Iannelli, GEP’s Chief Sustainability Officer, highlighted the platform’s role as the world’s first Environmental Treasury, setting a benchmark for transparency and accountability. Malawi’s Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change, Hon. Jean Mathanga, noted that the initiative demonstrates Africa’s leadership in climate innovation. GEP plans to expand PAIP through its Digital Climate Transformation Program across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, aiming to unlock Article 6 projects and ensure transparent climate finance flows to developing nations.
Malawi debuts world’s first AI-Enabled Paris Agreement integrated platform at COP30
