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.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. xvii 6. About the Editors - p. xix 7. About the Lead Contributors - p. xxi 8. Guest Foreword - p. xxix 9. Guest Biography - p. xxxiii 10. Editor's Prologue: Blockchain Movement for Global Climate Actions - p. xxxv 11. Interlude I: How to Read This Book - p. xxxvii 12. How to Read This Book - p. 1 13. Section 1: Scene-Setting – What’s Going On? - p. 2 14. Chapter 1. A Conversation with Dr. Kelce Wilson on the Foundations of the Blockchain - p. 5 15. Chapter 2. A Conversation with Masterminds in Blockchain and Climate Change - p. 15 16. Chapter 3. Blockchain 101: What is Blockchain and How Does This Revolutionary Technology Work? - p. 23 17. Chapter 4. Decoding the Current Global Climate Finance Architecture - p. 35 18. Interlude II - p. 59 19. Section 2: Blockchain for Smarter Renewable Energy Deployment - p. 59 20. Section 2. Blockchain for Smarter Renewable Energy Deployment - p. 63 21. Chapter 5. How Blockchain can Democratize Global Energy Supply - p. 65 22. Chapter 6. How Blockchains Will Industrialize a Renewable Grid - p. 83 23. Chapter 7. Efficient Power Markets: Reimagining the Global Market with Ethereum - p. 93 24. Chapter 8. Flexibility Trading Platform—Using Blockchain to Create the Most Efficient Demand-side Response Trading Market - p. 99 25. Chapter 9. NRGcoin—A Blockchain-based Reward Mechanism for Both Production and Consumption of Renewable Energy - p. 111 26. Interlude III - p. 130 27. Section 3: Blockchain for Smoother International Climate Finance Transfers - p. 130 28. Section 3. Blockchain for Smoother International Climate Finance Transfers - p. 135 29. Chapter 10. Blockchain—Powering and Empowering the Poor in Developing Countries - p. 137 30. Chapter 11. Disintermediating the Green Climate Fund - p. 153 31. Chapter 12. COCOA—Crowd Collaboration for Climate Adaptation - p. 165 32. Chapter 13. Using Smart Algorithms, Machine Learning, and Blockchain Technology to Streamline and Accelerate Dealflow in Climate Finance - p. 179 33. Chapter 14. Addressing Water Sustainability With Blockchain Technology and Green Finance - p. 189 34. Interlude IV - p. 196 35. Section 4: Blockchain for Fraud-Free Emissions Management - p. 196 36. Section 4. Blockchain for Fraud-Free Emissions Management - p. 199 37. Chapter 15. Central Banks and Blockchains: The Case for Managing Climate Risk with a Positive Carbon Price - p. 201 38. Chapter 16. Carbon Deposits—Using Soil and Blockchains to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions - p. 217 39. Chapter 17. Blockchain Ecosystem for Carbon Markets, Environmental Assets, Rights, and Liabilities: Concept Design and Implementation - p. 229 40. Chapter 18. How a Blockchain Network Can Ensure Compliance With Clean Development Mechanism Methodology and Reduce Uncertainty About Achieving Intended Nationally Determined Contributions - p. 243 41. Chapter 19. Networked Carbon Markets: Permissionless Innovation With Distributed Ledgers? - p. 255 42. Interlude V - p. 268 43. Section 5: Blockchain for Better Green Finance Law Enforcement - p. 268 44. Section 5. Blockchain for Better Green Finance Law Enforcement - p. 271 45. Chapter 20. How to Trust Green Bonds: Blockchain, Climate, and the Institutional Bond Markets - p. 273 46. Chapter 21. Utilizing Blockchain for Better Enforcement of Green Finance Law and Regulations - p. 289 47. Chapter 22. Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Complementing Climate Finance, Legislative Frameworks, and Renewable Energy Projects - p. 303 48. Editor’s Epilogue - p. 319 49. Index - p. 323
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.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. xvii 6. About the Editors - p. xix 7. About the Lead Contributors - p. xxi 8. Guest Foreword - p. xxix 9. Guest Biography - p. xxxiii 10. Editor's Prologue: Blockchain Movement for Global Climate Actions - p. xxxv 11. Interlude I: How to Read This Book - p. xxxvii 12. How to Read This Book - p. 1 13. Section 1: Scene-Setting – What’s Going On? - p. 2 14. Chapter 1. A Conversation with Dr. Kelce Wilson on the Foundations of the Blockchain - p. 5 15. Chapter 2. A Conversation with Masterminds in Blockchain and Climate Change - p. 15 16. Chapter 3. Blockchain 101: What is Blockchain and How Does This Revolutionary Technology Work? - p. 23 17. Chapter 4. Decoding the Current Global Climate Finance Architecture - p. 35 18. Interlude II - p. 59 19. Section 2: Blockchain for Smarter Renewable Energy Deployment - p. 59 20. Section 2. Blockchain for Smarter Renewable Energy Deployment - p. 63 21. Chapter 5. How Blockchain can Democratize Global Energy Supply - p. 65 22. Chapter 6. How Blockchains Will Industrialize a Renewable Grid - p. 83 23. Chapter 7. Efficient Power Markets: Reimagining the Global Market with Ethereum - p. 93 24. Chapter 8. Flexibility Trading Platform—Using Blockchain to Create the Most Efficient Demand-side Response Trading Market - p. 99 25. Chapter 9. NRGcoin—A Blockchain-based Reward Mechanism for Both Production and Consumption of Renewable Energy - p. 111 26. Interlude III - p. 130 27. Section 3: Blockchain for Smoother International Climate Finance Transfers - p. 130 28. Section 3. Blockchain for Smoother International Climate Finance Transfers - p. 135 29. Chapter 10. Blockchain—Powering and Empowering the Poor in Developing Countries - p. 137 30. Chapter 11. Disintermediating the Green Climate Fund - p. 153 31. Chapter 12. COCOA—Crowd Collaboration for Climate Adaptation - p. 165 32. Chapter 13. Using Smart Algorithms, Machine Learning, and Blockchain Technology to Streamline and Accelerate Dealflow in Climate Finance - p. 179 33. Chapter 14. Addressing Water Sustainability With Blockchain Technology and Green Finance - p. 189 34. Interlude IV - p. 196 35. Section 4: Blockchain for Fraud-Free Emissions Management - p. 196 36. Section 4. Blockchain for Fraud-Free Emissions Management - p. 199 37. Chapter 15. Central Banks and Blockchains: The Case for Managing Climate Risk with a Positive Carbon Price - p. 201 38. Chapter 16. Carbon Deposits—Using Soil and Blockchains to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions - p. 217 39. Chapter 17. Blockchain Ecosystem for Carbon Markets, Environmental Assets, Rights, and Liabilities: Concept Design and Implementation - p. 229 40. Chapter 18. How a Blockchain Network Can Ensure Compliance With Clean Development Mechanism Methodology and Reduce Uncertainty About Achieving Intended Nationally Determined Contributions - p. 243 41. Chapter 19. Networked Carbon Markets: Permissionless Innovation With Distributed Ledgers? - p. 255 42. Interlude V - p. 268 43. Section 5: Blockchain for Better Green Finance Law Enforcement - p. 268 44. Section 5. Blockchain for Better Green Finance Law Enforcement - p. 271 45. Chapter 20. How to Trust Green Bonds: Blockchain, Climate, and the Institutional Bond Markets - p. 273 46. Chapter 21. Utilizing Blockchain for Better Enforcement of Green Finance Law and Regulations - p. 289 47. Chapter 22. Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Complementing Climate Finance, Legislative Frameworks, and Renewable Energy Projects - p. 303 48. Editor’s Epilogue - p. 319 49. Index - p. 323
