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Blockchain Technology and Environmental Sustainability - Foresight Brief No. 019 October 2020

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This Foresight Brief explores how blockchain technology could contribute to enhancing environmental sustainability management. The brief builds upon environmental use cases to review the technology’s key features, including record-keeping, transparency, value transferring, tokenized ecosystems, and cost reduction. It also considers challenges when applying blockchain technology and offers guidance for the progress of the technology’s policies.
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