Blockchain applications have created the foundation for the progress of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Its distributed, immutable ledger technology as well as advanced cryptography gives users more security and transparency than ever before. But what role does that play in the future of environment?

In this report, the World Economic Form explores how the use of blockchain applications can help to resolve the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. In the strongest form, blockchain applications could help to create a sustainability revolution.

Blockchain applications could be used to address pressing environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss and water scarcity. The report looks at emerging applications, including those that might be the biggest game changers in managing our global environmental commons, while assessing the potential challenges and developing recommendations to address them. Some of these applications could dramatically improve current systems and approaches, while others could completely transform the way humans interact with – and manage – our environmental stability and natural resources.

Discover the global challenges that need resolving and the opportunities that blockchain could enhance. After all, blockchain needs to be deployed to the right areas if it’s going to be a truly transformative technology. The World Economic Form assess blockchain applications and use cases for:

• Water security
• Clean air
• Financial instruments
• Climate change
• Biodiversity and conservation
• Healthy oceans

Download Building Block(chain)s for a Better Planet now to discover how blockchain could, quite literally, change the world.