Transforming climate finance and green investment with blockchains / Alastair Marke [and three others], editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marke, Alastair, author.

Contributor:

Marke, Alastair, editor.

Sylvester, Bianca, editor.

Macinante, Justin, editor.

Klauser, Stefan, editor.

Blockchain Climate Institute, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blockchains (Databases).

Environmental economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London : Academic Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Transforming Climate Finance and Green Investment with Blockchains establishes and analyzes the connection between this revolutionary technology and global efforts to combat climate change. The benefits of blockchain come through various profound alterations, such as the adoption of smart contracts that are set to redefine governance and regulatory structures and transaction systems in coming decades. Each chapter contains a problem statement that describes the challenges blockchain technology can address. The book brings together original visions and insights from global members of the Blockchain Climate Institute, comprising thought leaders, financial professionals, international development practitioners, technology entrepreneurs, and more. This book will help readers understand blockchain technology and how it can facilitate the implementation of the Paris Agreement and accelerate the global transition to a green economy. Provides an authoritative examination of this emerging digital technology and its implications on global climate change governance Includes detailed proposals and thorough discussions of implementation issues that are specific to green economy sectors Relates innovative proposals to existing applications to demonstrate the value add of blockchain technology Covers blockchain for the smarter energy sector, for fraud-free emissions management, to streamline climate investments, and legal frameworks for blockchain-based climate finance

Contents:

Section 1. Scene-setting: what's going on?

A conversation with Dr. Kelce Wilson on the foundations of the blockchain / Jack Aldane

A conversation with masterminds in Blockchain and climate change / Alexander Harris

Blockchain 101: what is blockchain and how does this revolutionary technology work? / Sebastien Meunier

Decoding the current global climate finance architecture / Alastair Marke and Bianca Sylvester

Section 2. Blockchain for smarter renewable energy deployment

How blockchain can democratize global energy supply / Adam Woodhall

How blockchains will industrialize a renewable grid / Paul R. Brody

Efficient power markets: reimagining the global market with Ethereum / Adam Richard and Rob Hitchens

Flexibility trading platform: using blockchain to create the most efficient demand-side response trading market / Paul Ellis and Joanna Hubbard

NRGcoin: a blockchain-based reward mechanism for both production and consumption of renewable energy / Mihail Mihaylov, Iván Razo-Zapata and Ann Nowé

Section 3. Blockchain for smoother international climate finance transfers

Blockchain: powering and empowering the poor in developing countries / Jane Thomason [and 12 others]

Disintermediating the green climate fund / Tim Reutemann

COCOA: crowd collaboration for climate adaptation / Gustavo Arciniegas López, Iván Razo-Zapata and Cristián Retamal González

Using smart algorithms, machine learning, and blockchain technology to streamline and accelerate dealflow in climate finance / Neil Salisbury and Jenya Khvatsky

Addressing water sustainability with blockchain technology and green finance / Anna Poberezhna

Section 4. Blockchain for fraud-free emissions management

Central banks and blockchains: the case for managing climate risk with a positive carbon price / Delton B. Chen

Carbon deposits: using soil and blockchains to achieve net-zero emissions / Edward Dodge

Blockchain ecosystem for carbon markets, environmental assets, rights, and liabilities: concept design and implementation / Anton Galenovich, Sergey Lonshakov and Alexey Shadrin

How a blockchain network can ensure compliance with clean development mechanism methodology and reduce uncertainty about achieving intended nationally determined contributions / Steven Dunkel

Networked carbon markets: permissionless innovation with distributed ledgers? / Adrian Jackson [and 3 others]

Section 5. Blockchain for better green finance law enforcement

Utilizing blockchain for better enforcement of green finance law and regulations / Owen Sanderson

Blockchain and smart contracts: complementing climate finance, legislative frameworks, and renewable energy projects / Xiaochen Zhang [and 4 others].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128144480

0128144483

9780128144473

0128144475

OCLC:

1082522934