Climate Change

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.

By Ian Allison

Sep 24, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Sep 24, 2020

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Policy

Opinion

Money Reimagined: Climate-Friendlier Crypto

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

By Michael J. Casey

Sep 18, 2020 at 4:38 p.m. UTC

Sep 18, 2020

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Finance

Investment

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

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

By Sandali Handagama

Jul 28, 2020 at 7:47 a.m. UTC

Jul 28, 2020

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Berlin

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

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 marke...

By Sebastian Sinclair

Jun 23, 2020 at 3:25 p.m. UTC

Jun 23, 2020

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EMPTY: Coronavirus lockdowns have cut into global carbon emissions – but not by as much as is required of hitting Paris Agreement climate goals. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Environment

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

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

By Ian Allison

Apr 16, 2020 at 6:46 p.m. UTC

Apr 16, 2020

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ESG: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks to a crowd at a rally in Edmonton, Canada. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin mining

Can Bitcoin Survive the Climate Change Revolution?

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

By Ian Allison

Mar 30, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. UTC

Mar 30, 2020

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Policy

Climate change

Yale Researchers Turn to Hyperledger to Track Carbon Emissions

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.

By Ian Allison

Mar 24, 2020 at 4:00 a.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2020

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Finance

Hyperledger

Hyperledger Conference Shows Where Blockchain Can Fight Global Warming

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.

By Ian Allison

Mar 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 4, 2020

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