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Climate Governance in the Digital Era

Authors : Linh Thi My Nguyen, Devmali Perera, Dao Le Trang Anh

Published in: Climate Governance and Corporate Eco-innovation

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This Chapter provides insights into climate governance and the implications of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain in influencing corporate environmental outcomes. We first offer an overview of the traditional corporate governance mechanisms in the context of increasing environmental challenges worldwide. We next define climate governance and discuss various mechanisms and prior findings on their effectiveness. We finally review the roles of the two cutting-edge technologies (AI and Blockchain) in climate governance. Potential applications are also discussed in this chapter.

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Title: Climate Governance in the Digital Era
Authors: Linh Thi My Nguyen
Devmali Perera
Dao Le Trang Anh
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Book: Climate Governance and Corporate Eco-innovation
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-56422-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-56423-9

Copyright Year: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56423-9_5

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