Green Economist Articles
An Enduring Vision for Sustainability
“We shall continue to work to protect our environment and our wildlife, as did our forefathers before us. It is a duty, and, if we fail, our children, rightly, will reproach us for squandering an essential part of their inheritance, and of our heritage”. Sheikh Zayed infused in the UAE a spirit of responsibility, camaraderie […]
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Ivano Ianelli, CEO of the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence talks Smart Contracts. A Smart Contract leverages the language of blockchain to create an auditable trail that enables automation in contract management. Automated payment methods have always existed, but currently they are being conducted with pen and paper, and through escrow accounts. The process can […]
Sustainable tourism – is everyone joining in?
As DCCE chairman, Eng. Waleed Salman, says, the UAE is at the forefront of sustainable tourism both in the region and further afield. Government initiatives publicly support the drive to become one of the world’s leading sustainable tourism destinations in the world, and the country actively embraces current global thought policies on sustainability within the […]
Private Sector must lead the way
On the sidelines of the World Government Summit here in Dubai, I had the opportunity to catch up with the recently appointed Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Achim Steiner. Steiner succeeded Helen Clark, former UNDP Administrator, but also the former New Zealand Prime Minister. UNDP released amazing initiatives under her administration but […]
Blockchain – putting power in your hands
Blockchain has been a buzzword for cryptocurrencies since 2015, but with more research into the uses of the distributed ledger technology, energy industry analysts now believe that blockchain technology can resolve data management issues, and errors that are faced by energy producers, and put the power of generation directly into the hands of independent power […]
Two sides of the coin
Bitcoin trading per day is using 0.17% of the worlds daily electricity consumption, according to an index by Digiconomist. With Bitcoin prices the way they are currently, it would be profitable for Bitcoin miners to burn around 24 terawatt-hours of electricity annually as they compete to mine more Bitcoins, according to Digiconomist. That electricity consumption […]
The Private Sector and Climate Change
Over the past few decades, climate change has shifted from being considered as a side-line issue to being recognised as a serious development challenge. There have been significant accomplishments during this timeframe – global carbon dioxide emissions have stayed broadly flat for the past three years, for example – but there is still some way […]
Private Sector participation in the water industry
Opportunity in Water Independent water projects are on the rise in the UAE, generating new opportunities for developers and lenders as the growing country races to keep up with demand. Currently, in the Gulf region, the UAE records the highest projected increase in demand, which is expected to continue growing at a minimum rate of […]
