This is a guest opinion post from Kieren James-Lubin, co-founder and CEO, BlockApps
Global leaders recently discussed the state of emissions at COP26 in Glasgow and made agreements on how to move forward to hopefully limit the global temperature rise to 1.5C. Simultaneously, the Washington Post continued its reporting on the real state of emissions and rendered their promises hollow. The Post’s examination of nearly 200 country reports revealed massive discrepancies between declared emissions versus the real amount of greenhouse gases released into the planet’s atmosphere, ranging from at least 8.5 billion to 13.3 billion tons a year. This gap is big enough to impact predictions of how much the Earth will warm.
Why don’t we understand this problem in 2021, and how do we go about fixing it? The answer lies in leveraging recent technology innovations in the fight against climate change. For instance, blockchain is emerging as a powerful tool to help businesses understand what the real emissions numbers are, which the Net Zero Scotland Community highlighted in their Future Series during COP26.
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