Thursday, March 18, 2025 – Time 1:15 to 2:15 PM EDT
The United States is facing mounting climate challenges. Intensifying wildfires, catastrophic flooding, and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, threatening communities, infrastructure, and the economy.Despite these urgent threats, federal climate policy has now become divisive at best, with politics stalling comprehensive national action. However, progress is still being made at the state, local, and corporate levels, where innovative solutions are taking shape. |
| Join the Security and Sustainability Forum, and the Environmental and Energy Management Institute at George Washington University in a free webinar with Alastair Marke, Director-General of the Blockchain & Climate Institute (BCI). Alastair, a global authority on climate finance and emerging technologies, will share insights on how blockchain is effective in reshaping climate governance and financing, from local resilience initiatives to international policy frameworks. Topics include: Transparency in Climate Investments: How blockchain ensures federal and state climate funds are trackable, reducing waste and fraud while increasing accountability. Facilitating Interjurisdictional Collaboration: How blockchain enables state and local governments to align climate actions, share resources, and build cohesive policies. Empowering Community-Led Initiatives: How tokenized carbon credits can attract investment for local climate projects, creating new economic opportunities. Streamlining Renewable Energy Markets: How peer-to-peer energy trading platforms reduce reliance on centralized utilities and accelerate clean energy adoption. Innovating Climate Finance: The role of blockchain-based smart contracts and decentralized finance (DeFi) in automating and democratizing funding for climate initiativesThis webinar will explore how these tools can drive real, scalable solutions – bypassing political stagnation and empowering action at every level of government, business, and society. |
PANELISTS
Alastair Marke, Director-General of the Blockchain & Climate Institute (BCI). Alastair is a global authority on climate finance and emerging technologies. He will share insights on how blockchain is effective in reshaping climate governance and financing, from local resilience initiatives to international policy frameworks.
Alastair is joined by Michael Mehling, Deputy Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research and Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow).
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