Understanding the Landscape of Regenerating Finance and Digital Transformation

armanriazi.github.io@gmail.com

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Abstract

In today's rapidly evolving financial landscape, regenerative finance is a topic that has generated a lot of interest. This article is an overview of carbon offsetting, digital transformation, and natural climate solutions. ReFi is still in early stages of development; it lacks a precise definition of what constitutes a ReFi project and how its various parts work together to achieve the overall goals. It is not well defined, but fortunately, web3 registry networks, which are decentralized networks based on blockchain technology, are on the horizon. They provide a strong infrastructure for project registration and impact tracking, allowing regenerative finance to reach its full potential. In recent times, a burgeoning discourse has emerged concerning the worldwide ramifications of greenhouse gas emissions, inciting demands for digital transformation to ascertain the technology of system integrity that is apt to solve global quandaries. Furthermore, we provide a collection of principles derived from the standards and protocols on regenerative economics for the purposeful overview of ReFi ecosystems.

Keywords: Carbon Credit, Regenerative Finance, Web 3, money and sustainability

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