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C6 Bank’s Climate Tool to Track CO2 Emissions From Customer Transactions Prompts Debate on Future of Banking – Bitcoin News

On April 13, a C6 Bank customer in Brazil shared screenshots of his online bank account, revealing that the financial institution was tracking CO2 emissions from his purchases and urging him to compensate monetarily. C6 Bank states that the new tool aims to inspire Brazilians to adopt more sustainable behaviors. ‘CBDC

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Makerdao Co-Founder Proposes $14 Million Fund to Combat Climate Change; Crypto Supporters Mock Idea – Bitcoin News

Cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing a proposal by the founder of Makerdao, Rune Christensen, to fund a Scientific Sustainability Fund. An idea that aims to combat climate change and misinformation about energy solutions. Christensen is asking for 20,000 MKR tokens to move forward with the idea. The draft of the

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Solana Foundation, Ripple, and GBBC Partner to Accelerate Crypto Solutions for Climate Change

Solana Foundation, Ripple, and GBBC will work on finding ways of mitigating environmental risks as well as applying the best practices for climate-related crypto efforts in different sectors.Solana Foundation and Ripple Labs Inc have announced their partnership with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the largest industry association for the blockchain technology and digital

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Solana Foundation, Ripple, GBBC and Others Form Partnership to Promote Crypto Solutions for Climate Change

Hwang, who works on building the infrastructure for the initiative, including carbon credit measurements, which calculates the reduced amount of greenhouse gases generated by human actions, said his team has been meeting every week for the last two and a half years hosting workshops and forums focused on education. The

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Climate tech VC argues Bitcoin’s ESG positives outweigh its negatives 31:1

A climate tech investor has painted a bright view of the Bitcoin network, suggesting its environmental positives outweigh its negatives by a whopping 31:1 ratio.On Jan. 12, self-proclaimed philanthropist and environmentalist Daniel Batten claimed in a Twitter thread that “Bitcoin is probably the most important ESG technology of our time.”According

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Ethereum Software Firm ConsenSys Co-Launches Ethereum Climate Platform

ConsenSys, an Ethereum-software firm that helped engineer the Merge, is co-launching with 18 other firms the Ethereum Climate Platform (ECP) at COP27’s UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub. (COP27 is short for 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC. UNFCCC is short for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

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Climate Chain Coalition releases report on blockchain and emerging technologies at COP 27

The Climate Chain Coalition (CCC), a network of organizations dedicated to leveraging blockchain technology for effective climate action that includes Cryptox as a member, delivered its stock take report on Nov. 11 at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Founded five years ago,

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