1、Blockchain for Scaling Climate ActionW H I T E P A P E RA P R I L 2 0 2 3Images:Getty Images 2023 World Economic Forum.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,including photocopying and recording,or by any information storage and r

2、etrieval system.Disclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project,insight area or interaction.The findings,interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a result of a collaborative process facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but

3、whose results do not necessarily represent the views of the World Economic Forum,nor the entirety of its Members,Partners or other stakeholders.ContentsPreface 3Executive summary 4Introduction 51 The challenge 62 The value that digital technologies bring to decarbonization 8 and climate action 3 Bey

4、ond technology:blockchain,Web3 and regenerative finance 114 Industry trends and challenges 135 Recommendations 17Looking to the future 19Appendix 20Contributors 21Endnotes 23Blockchain for Scaling Climate Action2PrefaceDigital transformation across the environment and climate sector is an urgent opp

5、ortunity for meaningful action.Other sectors from retail to finance to manufacturing have proven the efficiency and productivity benefits of connectivity,automation and data analytics,but the climate sector where the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC)has recently underscored the necessi

6、ty of swift action is still largely analogue and relies on limited(and outdated)data.To not fully explore and adopt available digital transformation and innovation is the decision to hinder necessary progress on climate action.Conventional methods cannot be relied on to tackle perhaps the biggest-ev