by Marco Schletz | Aug 25, 2021 | Climate, Energy
From our medium blog post published at: https://medium.com/@datadrivenlab/blockchain-energy-consumption-debunking-the-misperceptions-of-bitcoins-and-blockchain-s-climate-61ac57bc0709 Launched in 2009, Bitcoin was the first application of blockchain or distributed...
by Angel Hsu | Jul 1, 2021 | Climate
Climate Change March by Matthew Kirby, Flickr. This post originally appeared on The Hill. by Angel Hsu and Brendan Mapes Temperatures in the Pacific Northwest have recently reached record-breaking levels — over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Residents of Portland, Oregon...
by Hannah Melville-Rea | Jun 8, 2021 | Big Data, Climate, Featured, Policy, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
Disasters tug at our societal fabric, creating cracks along pre-existing fissures. From aged-care graveyards to policy brutality, the past year exposed inequalities that had been permeating for decades. Ahead, the climate crisis promises to thrust its burden on the...
by Ian French | Aug 25, 2020 | Climate, Groundswell
A new study finds that if fully delivered, emissions reductions from 17 climate initiatives would help put the world on course to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goals of preventing global temperatures from rising more than 2C. The Climate Policy article, which includes...
by Yin Xi Tan | Jul 27, 2020 | Climate
Over the recent years, “blockchain technology” has become a ubiquitous phrase in the technology realm – it is a form of technology that distributes digital records among participating networks, whilst ensuring that the history of the data is immutable and...
by Ian French | Jul 23, 2020 | Climate, Policy
Last month saw the launch of the UN’s “Race to Zero” campaign, which engages an impressive 995 companies, 449 cities, 38 investors, 21 regions, and 505 universities. Together, these actors – which account for 25% of global CO2 emissions and more than 50% of...
