Now, blockchain can turn carbon credits into tokens for trading

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Blockchain, the electronic ledger technology underpinning bitcoin, has been used to address pollution and energy consumption in the past;
now it appears poised to attack global warming and deforestation.Earlier this month, IBM announced it's working with environmental fintech
company Veridium Labs Ltd
to tokenize carbon credits, which are used to incentivize companies to pollute less
The tokens could be traded ona distributed, open-source blockchain exchange run by start-up Stellar.