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Chia Network will help Costa Rica track climate change
Costa Rica and Chia Network have signed an MOU that would see the crypto company handle its climate change movement.
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Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 12:44 pm UTC
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The Costa Rican government yesterday assigned Chia Network to monitor activities of climate change in the region.ย ย
Chia Network and Costa Rica sign climate change pact
According to a memorandum of understanding signed by the blockchain and smart transaction company and the Central American country, the Bram Cohen-led company will offer technical services to the countryโs national climate change metrics system (SINAMMEC).
Chia Network mentioned that the Costa Rican government will utilize the blockchain and smart transaction platform’s technology to create software that’s open-source in nature to improve the management of its climate inventory.ย
It was also revealed that the developed software will be made available at zero cost to other countries. Also, Chia will operate a national registry to oversee “carbon inventory, climate registry, and record bilateral corresponding adjustments with trades to shift credits among countries.โ
Chia is committed to being the rails for enabling climate inventory management and is at COP26 in support of its commitment. Chiaโs co-stewardship on the project will enable a direct connection to a public blockchain-based Climate Warehouse, and ultimate project operationalization in Costa Rica and elsewhere.
SINAMECC was founded in 2018. It was created to serve as Costa Ricaโs official platform for overseeing climate information and to monitor issues that border around the countryโs national climate change policy.
The Costa Rican government Minister of Environment and Energy Andrea Meza Murillo said that the appointment of Chia Network as the monitor of the country’s climate change movement โis a critical step toward robust, transparent cooperation on climate action focused on environmental integrity.โ
Chia Networkโs President and Chief Operating Officer Gene Hoffman in response said โteaming with Costa Ricaโs leadership in this initiative with the Chia blockchain will create real momentum to enable markets to help solve global, real-world problems”.
A week earlier, Chia Network in a fact sheet had announced that it was developing a data-sharing prototype for the World Bankโs Climate Warehouse that would aid โthe transparent sharing and reporting of climate project information and its issuance.โ
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