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Climate Change

Carbon Credits

Climate Startup Nori Raises $4M to Solve Carbon Market Double-Spending

Ian AllisonSep 24, 2020

Nori has been funded to build a blockchain-based market for carbon credits that will start by paying farmers to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

Opinion

Money Reimagined: Climate-Friendlier Crypto

Michael J. CaseySep 18, 2020

How Bitcoin can improve its energy efficiency, reduce its climate impact and help manage the electricity grid.

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Climate Change

New York’s Financial Regulator Wants Firms, Including Crypto Miners, to Look Closer at Climate Change Risks

Jaspreet KalraOct 29, 2020

The New York Department of Financial Services expects all firms, including virtual currency businesses, to start assessing climate change-associated financial risks.

Climate Change

Firm Uses Ethereum to Tokenize Sustainable Infrastructure in Fight Against Climate Change

Sandali HandagamaJul 28, 2020

U.K.-based fintech company Fasset aims to bridge the $15 trillion gap in sustainable infrastructure development with blockchain-backed investments.

Climate Change

EU-Based Universities Say Blockchain Could Help Meet Paris Agreement Carbon Goals

Sebastian SinclairJun 23, 2020

A new paper from Microsoft and universities in Germany and Denmark sets out how blockchain technology could overcome issues with providing an international carbon credit market.

Climate Change

Climate Change

Why Tech-Minded Climate Groups See COVID-19 as a Trial Run for Massive Change

Ian AllisonApr 16, 2020

Reaching the Paris Agreement's lofty climate goals will require the decentralization of decision-making at all levels, say INATBA and others.

ESG

Can Bitcoin Survive the Climate Change Revolution?

Ian AllisonMar 30, 2020

If ESG is becoming the new buzzword among impact-minded financial institutions, where does energy-intensive bitcoin fit in?

Climate Change

Yale Researchers Turn to Hyperledger to Track Carbon Emissions

Ian AllisonMar 24, 2020

A team from Yale's OpenLab has been exploring how blockchain, IoT and other data-science tools can be used to measure and track carbon emissions.

Enterprise Blockchain

Hyperledger Conference Shows Where Blockchain Can Fight Global Warming

Ian AllisonMar 4, 2020

Social impact took center stage at this year's Hyperledger Global Forum, with perhaps less of an emphasis on banking consortia and trade finance blockchains.

United Nations

Tokens for Climate Change? How We Can Rise Above ICO Mania

Michael J. CaseySep 20, 2017

Tokens for climate change? CoinDesk advisor Michael Casey argues it's a question worth taking seriously.

News

UN Sees Possible Role for Blockchain in Advancing Paris Climate Accord

Wolfie ZhaoJun 23, 2017

The United Nations is eyeing blockchain as part of its fight against climate change.

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