Transforming Climate Finance and Green Investment with Blockchains

<p>Interlude I: How to Read This Book</p> <p>Section 1: Scene-Setting - What’s Going On?<br>1: A Conversation with Dr. Kelce Wilson on the Foundations of the Blockchain<br>Jack Aldane<br>2: A Conversation with Masterminds in Blockchain and Climate Change<br>Alexander Harris<br>3: Blockchain 101: What is Blockchain and How Does This Revolutionary Technology Work?<br>Sebastien Meunier<br>4: Decoding the Current Global Climate Finance Architecture<br>Alastair Marke and Bianca Sylvester</p> <p>Interlude II</p> <p>Section 2: Blockchain for Smarter Renewable Energy Deployment<br>5: How Blockchain can Democratize Global Energy Supply<br>Adam Woodhall<br>6: How Blockchains Will Industrialize a Renewable Grid<br>Paul R. Brody<br>7: Efficient Power Markets: Reimagining the Global Market with Ethereum<br>Adam Richard and Rob Hitchens<br>8: Flexibility Trading Platform—Using Blockchain to Create the Most Efficient Demand-side Response Trading Market<br>Paul Ellis and Joanna Hubbard<br>9: NRGcoin—A Blockchain-based Reward Mechanism for Both Production and Consumption of Renewable Energy<br>Mihail Mihaylov, Iva´n Razo-Zapata and Ann Nowe´</p> <p>Interlude III</p> <p>Section 3: Blockchain for Smoother International Climate Finance Transfers 135<br>10: Blockchain—Powering and Empowering the Poor in Developing Countries<br>Jane Thomason, Mira Ahmad, Pascale Bronder, Edward Hoyt, Steven Pocock, Julien Bouteloupe, Katrina Donaghy, David Huysman, Tony Willenberg, Ben Joakim, Loretta Joseph, David Martin and David Shrier<br>11:   Disintermediating the Green Climate Fund<br>Tim Reutemann<br>12:  COCOA—Crowd Collaboration for Climate Adaptation<br>Gustavo Arciniegas, Iva´n Razo-Zapata and Cristia´n Retamal Gonza´lez<br>13: Using Smart Algorithms, Machine Learning, and Blockchain Technology to Streamline and Accelerate Dealflow in Climate Finance<br>Neil Salisbury and Jenya Khvatsky<br>14: Addressing Water Sustainability with Blockchain Technology and Green Finance<br>Anna Poberezhna</p> <p>Interlude IV</p> <p>Section 4:  Blockchain for Fraud-Free Emissions Management<br>15: Central Banks and Blockchains: The Case for Managing Climate Risk with a Positive Carbon Price<br>Delton B. Chen<br>16: Carbon Deposits—Using Soil and Blockchains to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions<br>Edward Dodge<br>17: Blockchain Ecosystem for Carbon Markets, Environmental Assets, Rights, and Liabilities: Concept Design and Implementation<br>Anton Galenovich, Sergey Lonshakov and Alexey Shadrin<br>18: How a Blockchain Network Can Ensure Compliance with Clean Development Mechanism Methodology and Reduce Uncertainty about Achieving Intended Nationally Determined Contributions<br>Steven Dunkel<br>19: Networked Carbon Markets: Permissionless Innovation with Distributed Ledgers?<br>Adrian Jackson, Ashley Lloyd, Justin Macinante and Markus Hu¨wener </p> <p>Interlude V</p> <p>Section 5: Blockchain for Better Green Finance Law Enforcement<br>20:  How to Trust Green Bonds: Blockchain, Climate, and the Institutional Bond Markets<br>Owen Sanderson<br>21: Utilizing Blockchain for Better Enforcement of Green Finance Law and Regulations<br>Xiaochen Zhang, Matias Aranguiz, Duoqi Xu, Xing Zhang and Xinran Xu<br>22: Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Complementing Climate Finance, Legislative Frameworks, and Renewable Energy Projects<br>James Duchenne</p>