Blockchain Technology and Environmental Sustainability - Foresight Brief No. 019 October 2020
| dc.contributor | Science Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Kawabata, Toyo | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Acharya, Minang | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Enomoto, Tsubasa | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Konda, Sai Aashirvad | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-29T06:54:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-29T06:54:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/34226 | |
| dc.description | 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. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.language | Chinese | |
| dc.language | Spanish | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Foresight Brief: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | blockchain technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | blockchain technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | environmentally sound technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | environmental monitoring | en_US |
| dc.subject | environmental management | en_US |
| dc.subject | environmental information | en_US |
| dc.subject | technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | technological innovation | en_US |
| dc.title | Blockchain Technology and Environmental Sustainability - Foresight Brief No. 019 October 2020 | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | La tecnología de cadenas de bloques y la sostenibilidad ambiental - Foresight Informe No. 019 Octubre de 2020 | |
| dc.title.alternative | Technologie blockchain et durabilité environnementale - Note Perspective No. 019 Octobre 2020 | |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure | en_US |
Files in this item
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Cleaner Production in the Mediterranean Region
(1995)The present report is a very valuable boost for the pioneering efforts in Mediterranean countries to implement cleaner production in our part of the world. -
Government Strategies and Policies for Cleaner Production
(1994)The purpose of this report is to explain to leaders in government and industry that cleaner production is likely to lead to economic benefits as well as environmental ones, that there is now an important window of opportunity ... -
Application of the Sustainability Assessment of Technologies Methodology: Guidance Manual, Nov 2012
(UNEP, 2012)When making decisions on investments, an economic consideration often takes precedence over environmental and social factors. This may lead to unsustainable decisions and investments. The SAT methodology guidance manual ...
