Abstract
Democratizing the fight against climate change has been advanced as a panacea for climate change for well over a decade. However, implementing decentralized systems has remained elusive, and community strategies, such as cooperative renewable energy projects, remain structurally vulnerable to institutional pressures to centralize. Blockchain technology can decentralize ownership and control at scale, with smart contracts providing a bulwark against centralization pressures. We explore how by replacing legacy platforms with blockchain, and implementing nested polycentric systems, organizations can encourage anarchic forces that can push back against normative centralization pressures.
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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Decentralization, Institutions, Community
