Mission
The focus of the Climate Research Working Group (CRWG) is to promote mutual understanding, collaborative activities, and interdisciplinary climate action through research. Therefore, we have decided to open a new Research Working Group to focus on studying DLT applications while targeting climate actions.
Scope
The current scope of Climate Research Working Group includes:
- Working on ideas, proof of concepts, use cases and functional architectures of DLT's
- Connecting academia to industrial towards building a Climate Research Consortium.
- Sharing stories of successes, opportunities and challenges;
- Promoting products and open sources of SIG
- Writing research papers to submit to good places (Hyperledger Research, peer-review journals, conferences)
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Si Chen
Lam NguyenHave you ever read about Ellinor Ostrom? She won the Nobel prize for studying how to manage collective resources such as water rights and the environment.
Si Chen
Here's something we talked about during today's call about energy use of different blockchains: https://www.xdaichain.com/about-xdai/news-and-information/xdai-energy-efficiency
Lam Nguyen
Thank you, Si Chen
Kris Stern
Hi everyone, I am new to this WG and would like to contribute to the discussion.
Sherwood Moore
Welcome Kris Stern! Great to meet you and thanks for your interest in contributing. I hope you will be able to join us for tomorrows General call and introduce yourself. It will not be the normal format for our bi-weekly calls because we have a guest speaker, but there should be some opportunity to engage with the group. Are there any specific areas of interest that you have around our work or are you exploring right now?
Kris Stern
Sure Sherwood MooreWill be there tomorrow to join the call and introduce myself. I am exploring what I could contribute to so have no specific areas of interest at the moment.
Si Chen
Kris SternHave you read this BIS working paper: The pricing of carbon risk in syndicated loans: which risks are priced and why? Is this part of what you're working on with credit risk? If so it's an area I have experience with as well, and we can talk about this.
Kris Stern
Si ChenThanks for the sharing! Actually I am going through the piece right now after you introduced it to me. Currently my work focuses more traditional approaches so we have yet to touch upon issues of environment and sustainability, but we do have long term plans to factor into our model climate, or carbon, risk. Sure, we could discuss about this.
Si Chen
Wondering if anybody is interested in academic finance research and climate. I wrote this to start the dialog: Why Finance Professors Think Sustainable Green Investing is a Fad--and Why It's Dangerous
Kris Stern
I am interested
Kris Stern
Found this on SCMP today related to some development in South China / the Greater Bay Area: https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3130344/guangzhou-exchange-kicks-offering-hedge-carbon-emissions
Si Chen
Thanks for sharing that. I also found this article about how the new emissions trading scheme in China works: https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-will-chinas-emissions-trading-scheme-help-tackle-climate-change