Feb 22, 2018 | Blockchain Governance, Cities
While it’s the undisputed business hub of the Middle East, Dubai has set an ambitious goal in this era of urbanization: To be the first blockchain-powered government in the world by 2020. Not as sci-fi as it sounds. Blockchain-powered smart cities are attainable. The...
Feb 20, 2018 | Blockchain Governance, Blog
The tracking of epidemics and creating global health solutions is a problem made for blockchain to solve. Jim Nasr, chief software architect at the CDC’s Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services is leading a team working on blockchain technology...
Feb 11, 2018 | Blockchain Governance, Employment & Prosperity
Blockchain could well be the tool for fighting global poverty in the way that vaccines fight disease, especially in developing economies. Blockchain, and its various iterations, provides an opportunity to lift billions of people that lack access to even the most...
Feb 5, 2018 | Blockchain Governance, Climate
Blockchain technology is a leading breakthrough to tackle climate change. The UNFCCC Secretariat has helped create the Climate Chain Coalition to encourage use of distributed ledger technology (DLT). The DLT blockchain technology, can continually update climate action...
Dec 28, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is exploring blockchain technology to combat illegal fishing and slave labor in the tuna fishing industry. The technology is currently being piloted in Fiji. Eco-conscious diners may ask restaurants whether their fish comes from a...
Dec 22, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Blog, Health & Human Security
Stateless Rohingya who fled Myanmar are set to receive digital ID cards using blockchain technology in a pilot project seeking to help them access services like banking and education. It will also begin a process of restoring their dignity, the project’s founders...
