Energy Web is working on making cryptocurrency more green.
Energy Web is working on making cryptocurrency more green.
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Crypto Climate Accord will shift cryptocurrency industry to 100% renewable energy by 2030

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Cryptocurrency is so hot it might melt the polar ice caps. But a new group dubbed the Crypto Climate Accord is debuting today as a way to address how the industry deals with token mining’s negative effects on the environment.

The group is a private sector initiative aimed at making the cryptocurrency industry’s energy consumption 100% renewable by 2030. The group is a partnership of Energy Web, RMI, and the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR). The group brings together parties such as CoinShares, ConsenSys, Web 3, Ripple, and the United Nations who want sustainable blockchain and crypto technology. It’s getting support from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Climate Champions.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.