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EPISODE · Apr 23, 2020 · 38 MIN

Blockchain for Climate Action and Smart Cities

from Relay Chain · host Parity Technologies

This week we meet at the intersection of blockchain, climate action, smart cities, finance, and IoT. Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Anita Mujumdar of Evercity, a blockchain-based platform to aid in financing sustainability projects to meet the UN’s 2030 climate action goals. They discuss climate finance, decentralized robot economies, using measurement and data to build the sustainable smart cities of tomorrow, and how Substrate and Polkadot are helping make Evercity’s mission a reality. Links: Evercity Website DAO "Integral Platform for Climate Initiatives" Anita’s presentation at COP25 Robonomics website Climate Change Coalition - Digital Finance Sub0 Online Substrate Developer and Community Conference Highlights: 02:10 - What is climate finance? 06:50 - Sustainable cities approach 12:30 - What a sustainable city looks like 17:15 - Pilot programs 20:20 - Robonomics platform 25:35 - Role of DAO & blockchain 28:15 - Why decentralize climate finance? 31:00 - Trends outlook 32:15 - Why build on Substrate/Polkadot 34:50 - Launch plan *The dates of the events mentioned in the podcast may have shifted due to coronavirus pandemicSpecial Guest: Anita Mujumdar.

This week we meet at the intersection of blockchain, climate action, smart cities, finance, and IoT. Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Anita Mujumdar of Evercity, a blockchain-based platform to aid in financing sustainability projects to meet the UN’s 2030 climate action goals. They discuss climate finance, decentralized robot economies, using measurement and data to build the sustainable smart cities of tomorrow, and how Substrate and Polkadot are helping make Evercity’s mission a reality. Links: Evercity Website DAO "Integral Platform for Climate Initiatives" Anita’s presentation at COP25 Robonomics website Climate Change Coalition - Digital Finance Sub0 Online Substrate Developer and Community Conference Highlights: 02:10 - What is climate finance? 06:50 - Sustainable cities approach 12:30 - What a sustainable city looks like 17:15 - Pilot programs 20:20 - Robonomics platform 25:35 - Role of DAO & blockchain 28:15 - Why decentralize climate finance? 31:00 - Trends outlook 32:15 - Why build on Substrate/Polkadot 34:50 - Launch plan *The dates of the events mentioned in the podcast may have shifted due to coronavirus pandemicSpecial Guest: Anita Mujumdar.

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