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Carbon markets are expected to grow from 10-20 billion USD per year to more than 200 billion USD by 2035. How can you take part in this ecosystem? How can your business benefit by incorporating blockchain solutions in a broader way?
This book will explore solutions that utilize blockchain technology and tokenization to deliver efficient, transparent, trustworthy and interoperable carbon offsetting solutions for small and medium-sized businesses and consumers. Software and hardware developers will be provided with an introduction to key players in the carbon offsetting universe and associated markets and industries globally.
Readers will learn how to:
· Outline how the technology that supports carbon markets is driving genuine climate change
· Describe the complexity and different players in the carbon offsetting ecosystem including developers of carbon-offsetting projects, infrastructure providers, buyers, and financiers
· Describe blockchain technology and its benefits to carbon markets transparency, traceability, accountability
· Provide a complex discussion on regulatory initi
List of contents
Chapter 1: Climate Change.- Chapter 2: Understanding Carbon Markets.- Chapter 3: Controversy to Credibility: Reforming Carbon Markets with Technology.- Chapter 4: Critical need for regulation: Integrity of voluntary carbon markets.- Chapter 5: Legal and Policy Foundations of Blockchain-Enabled Global Carbon Markets and Climate Data Systems.- Chapter 6: Blockchain Use Cases for High Integrity Carbon Markets : Addressing Double Counting, Liquidity and Transparency.- Chapter 7: The Basics of Blockchains for Carbon Markets.- Chapter 8: Carbon Tokenization.- Chapter 9: Trends in end-to-end Ecosystem Standards.- Chapter 10: The Role of Data and Technology in Carbon Projects.- Chapter 11: Climate Action Data Trust.- Chapter 12: Partnering for Project Longevity.- Chapter 13: Pricing the VCM, S&P Global case study.
About the author
Kalyani Inampudi is currently an independent ESG and carbon consultant. She works directly with carbon offset solutions providers and those involved in reforestation or other activities that reduce or offset carbon emissions, funders, technologists, and policy makers globally. Kalyani also advises fintech companies and fund managers on ESG investments and strategies. Kalyani's knowledge and experience fuses asset management, data analysis and ESG consulting. Her expertise includes deep data research and writing investment proposals. She is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments (ACSI) and has certifications from the UNPRI, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board via the TCFD Knowledge Hub. She has an MBA from Imperial College Business School, London.
Jonathan Rackoff is currently the VP and Head of Global Policy at The HBAR Foundation. Jonathan is also an Advisory Board Member at ClimateView. Previously, he worked as the Sustainability and ESG Lead at Coinbase and as a Partner at Marten Law LLP, where he specialized in ESG, climate change, and sustainable finance. Jonathan has also served as General Counsel at Tegalux Biosciences LLC and as Senior Counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to that, he worked at the White House's Office of Management and Budget and at Sidley Austin LLP as an Associate in appellate and Supreme Court litigation.
Jonathan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy & Biology from Oberlin College and a Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School.
Summary
Carbon markets are expected to grow from 10-20 billion USD per year to more than 200 billion USD by 2035. How can you take part in this ecosystem? How can your business benefit by incorporating blockchain solutions in a broader way?
This book will explore solutions that utilize blockchain technology and tokenization to deliver efficient, transparent, trustworthy and interoperable carbon offsetting solutions for small and medium-sized businesses and consumers. Software and hardware developers will be provided with an introduction to key players in the carbon offsetting universe and associated markets and industries globally.
Readers will learn how to:
· Outline how the technology that supports carbon markets is driving genuine climate change
· Describe the complexity and different players in the carbon offsetting ecosystem including developers of carbon-offsetting projects, infrastructure providers, buyers, and financiers
· Describe blockchain technology and its benefits to carbon markets – transparency, traceability, accountability
· Provide a complex discussion on regulatory initiatives and standards that drive positive change in carbon markets, beginning with those that apply to the physical domain (e.g., energy, agriculture), how data is collected, processed, validated and verified right up to financing/trading projects
· Analyze how blockchain will help your carbon offsets business
· Apply Web 3 technology to overcome data quality challenges in carbon markets
Target audience
This book is for project developers (those involved in reducing green house gas emissions), computer software developers working in Web 2 or Web 3 environments, others in the tech community, educated professionals, business managers and owners who are interested in buying or selling carbon credits, NGOs and Non-profits, Academic Institutions.
