It is pleased to announce that we successfully held the First International Conference on Sustainable Energy, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency (SEBC-2022). In this video, Ms. Lauren Packard's presentation at this conference is given. Special thanks to the SEBC-2022 supporters, speakers, and participants. The SEBC-2022 speakers and participants were from the United States, Canada, Europe (UK, Spain, Romania, Austria, Denmark, France), Asia (Japan, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and United Arab Emirates), and Australia. To attend SEBC-2023, please visit our website: https://gsusi.com
Ms. Lauren Packard's Biography Lauren Packard is a senior policy analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, where she works on technology policy with a focus on crypto. She has ten years of experience in environmental law, including as a litigator in the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute and at the California Department of Justice. She holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she received the Alfred S. Forsyth Prize for excellence in environmental law, and a B.A. from Harvard University.
Abstract The crypto mining industry’s carbon emissions profile is attracting growing public concern (see e.g. New York State PoW moratorium; proposed but later removed EU MiCA provision banning PoW). However, as the China example shows, an outright ban on mining does not meaningfully address this issue. Rather than shutter operations, miners will either move to jurisdictions with less burdensome regulations and cheap energy (leading to a game of mining whack-a-mole with serious local consequences), or they will move operations “underground,” obviating any regulatory oversight. Leaders worldwide at the supra-national, national, and regional level must chart a middle path to enable technological innovation while addressing environmental concerns. This paper, relying on publicly available information as well as interviews with stakeholders across regions and disciplines, will lay out a prioritization framework for policymakers (including environmental protection agencies, utility regulators, financial regulators, and elected officials) looking to regulate crypto mining in their jurisdictions. It will also give concrete, actionable recommendations for policymakers to (1) better enable the use of low-energy protocols; (2) support other energy efficiencies; (3) increase the use of clean energy in crypto mining; and (4) address carbon offsets.
About SEBC-2022 Sustainable Energy; Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (SEBC-2022) is a meeting place for managers, engineers, scientists, and researchers from academia and industry all over the globe. SCBC-2022 endeavors to develop a forum to discuss critical challenges in the field of blockchain and cryptocurrency. SEBC-2022 is a platform for sophisticated professors, researchers, engineers, and managers from the academic world, financial and blockchain companies, and digital coin developers to demonstrate their constructive activities and discuss “how to make a clean and environmentally friendly digital world?” The SEBC-2022 agenda will present a series of expert keynotes, interactive panel discussions, and solution-based case studies in Energy, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency. All exploring the key industries that are set to be disrupted the most by this new technology, including; energy, financial service, retail, smart cities, healthcare, insurance, transportation, music, government, real estate, and more. The themes of the SEBC-2022 conference are as follows: Energy and Cryptocurrency Renewable and Sustainable Energy Sources Clean Mining Technology Sustainability in Cryptocurrency Green Electricity Solar Energy Hydropower Blockchain Blockchain in Social Networking Blockchain in Cyber-physical Systems Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Blockchain in Mobile Cellular Networks Blockchain Technology in the Marketing System Manufacturing Supply Chain Data Management Blockchain and Electric Vehicles Blockchain and Energy Sectors Smart City Smart City and Infrastructural Development Policy Development in Smart Communities Financial Technologies Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in finance Cryptocurrencies and Regulation
