Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Foreword VII
4. Preface IX
5. 1 Tokenising the voluntary carbon credit market: Harnessing opportunities for sustainable development 1
6. 2 The early challenges in voluntary carbon markets: An interview-based analysis of past and present problems 35
7. 3 Conditions for tokenisation of carbon standard-issued credits as third-party crypto instruments 47
8. 4 VCCs, Tokenisation and the EU CBAM: Some microeconomics of VCCs 73
9. 5 Application of blockchain in voluntary carbon markets: A multiple case study on emergent implementations and their challenges 95
10. 6 From project design to retirement: The role of blockchain along the voluntary carbon credit lifecycle 133
11. 7 Applicable law in the supply chains of VCC tokens 151
12. 8 VCC tokenisation: Navigating legal frameworks and designing for regulatory compliance 179
13. 9 Voluntary carbon credits and digital product passports: Similarities and differences 227
14. 10 VCC tokens’ civil law – ownership, transfer and liability under Union and German law 239
15. 11 Designing a framework for a blockchain-based voluntary carbon credit lifecycle 261
16. Index