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Blockchain and Environmental Sustainability: Case of IBM's Blockchain Water Management

Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI)

9 Pages Posted: 5 Mar 2019

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Usman W. Chohan

Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS); Critical Blockchain Research Initiative (CBRI); International Association of Hyperpolyglots (HYPIA); University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Date Written: February 11, 2019

Abstract

This discussion paper considers the role that blockchain-based technologies can play in advancing initiatives pertaining to environmental sustainability, using the case study of IBM’s water management blockchain development in California. The paper finds that there is substantial room for incorporating blockchain technology into environmental protection and sustainability projects, including in the mitigation of information asymmetry through transparency so as to foster stronger market-mechanisms in the allocation of resources.

Keywords: Blockchain, Bitcoin, IBM, Internet of Things, California, Water Management, Drought, Cap Trade

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Chohan, Usman W., Blockchain and Environmental Sustainability: Case of IBM's Blockchain Water Management (February 11, 2019). Notes on the 21st Century (CBRI), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3334154 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3334154

Usman W. Chohan (Contact Author)

Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS) ( email )

Islamabad
Pakistan

Critical Blockchain Research Initiative (CBRI) ( email )

International Association of Hyperpolyglots (HYPIA) ( email )

HYPIA
www.polyglotassociation.org
Montreal, Quebec
Canada

University of New South Wales (UNSW) ( email )

Kensington
High St
Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

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