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Transforming climate finance and green investment with blockchains

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Transforming climate finance and green investment with blockchains/ Blockchain Climate Institute ; managing editor: Alastair Marke.
other author:	Marke, Alastair.
Published:	London, United Kingdom :Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, : 2018.,
Description:	1 online resource
Notes:	Includes index.
Subject:	Blockchains (Databases) -
Online resource:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128144473
ISBN:	9780128144480 (electronic bk.)

Transforming climate finance and green investment with blockchains
Transforming climate finance and green investment with blockchains[electronic resource] /Blockchain Climate Institute ; managing editor: Alastair Marke. - London, United Kingdom :Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,2018. - 1 online resource

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; List of Contributors; About the Editors; Managing Editor; Associate Editors; About the Lead Contributors; Guest Foreword; Guest Biography; Editor's Prologue: Blockchain Movement for Global Climate Actions; Interlude I: How to Read This Book; How to Read This Book; Section 1: Scene-Setting -- What's Going On?; Chapter 1. A Conversation with Dr. Kelce Wilson on the Foundations of the Blockchain; Abstract; Chapter 2. A Conversation with Masterminds in Blockchain and Climate Change; Abstract.

Transforming climate finance and green investment with blockchains establishes and analyzes the connection between this new technology and global efforts to combat climate change. Realizing the benefits of blockchain can only come through a variety of alterations: the adoption of smart contracts, for instance, changes in governance and regulatory structures, and global agreements on privacy issues. Each chapter contains a "problem statement" that describes the challenges blockchain technology can address. The first book of its kind, Transforming climate finance and green investment with blockchains brings together original insights and opinions from experienced practitioners on a diverse range of practically relevant issues, helping readers understand blockchain technology and how it can accelerate the green economy.

ISBN: 9780128144480 (electronic bk.)

LCCN: 2019301317Subjects--Topical Terms:

1140752
Blockchains (Databases)
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QA76.9.D32

Dewey Class. No.: 005.75/6

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505 8 $a 2.1 Unleashing the Potential of Blockchain in Addressing Climate Change2.2 Blockchain's Role in Peer-to-peer Energy Trading; 2.3 Closing the Private Finance Gap; 2.4 Restoring Faith in Climate Negotiations; 2.5 Finance 4.0.-Incentivizing a Sharing Economy; 2.6 The Future of Blockchain; References; Chapter 3. Blockchain 101: What is Blockchain and How Does This Revolutionary Technology Work?; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction to Distributed Ledgers; 3.2 Examples of Distributed Ledgers; 3.3 The Four Main Use Cases of Distributed Ledgers; 3.4 Challenges and Road Ahead; 3.5 Conclusion.
505 8 $a Chapter 4. Decoding the Current Global Climate Finance ArchitectureAbstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Scale of Climate Investment Required; 4.3 The State of Climate Finance Post-Paris Agreement; 4.4 Climate Finance Market Observations; 4.5 Barriers for Unlocking Climate Finance; 4.6 Current Climate Finance Instruments to Bridge the "Gap"; 4.7 Problems with Climate Finance Tracking; 4.8 Blockchain-The Trust Machine; References; Interlude II; Section 2: Blockchain for Smarter Renewable Energy Deployment; Section 2. Blockchain for Smarter Renewable Energy Deployment.
505 8 $a Chapter 5. How Blockchain can Democratize Global Energy SupplyAbstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Section 1: Blockchain for Energy's Opportunities and Challenges; 5.3 Section 2: Case Studies; 5.4 The Sun Exchange; 5.5 SolarCoin; 5.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. How Blockchains Will Industrialize a Renewable Grid; Abstract; 6.1 From One to Many to Millions; 6.2 Distributed Grid Meets Distributed Computing; 6.3 Financing the Future; 6.4 Some Assembly Required; References; Chapter 7. Efficient Power Markets: Reimagining the Global Market with Ethereum; Abstract.
505 8 $a 7.1 What's Wrong with the Power Market Today-The Birth of Volt Markets7.2 Public Blockchain for Global Power Trends; 7.3 The Vision: Trading Renewable Energy Certificates on a Global Blockchain Platform; 7.4 Design Philosophy for Energy Assets in Peer-to-peer Trading Systems; 7.5 The Rise of New Assets and Market Efficiency; References; Chapter 8. Flexibility Trading Platform-Using Blockchain to Create the Most Efficient Demand-side Response Trading Market; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 What is Blockchain?; 8.3 What is DSR?; 8.4 The Need for a Liquid, Efficient Flexibility Market.
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