https://www.fluxion.one/blog-3-1 daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://www.fluxion.one/blog-3-1/digital-technologies-for-sustainable-financial-markets-a-commentary-on-blockchain-and-fintech-in-the-context-of-green-investments monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/2ec55d17-f504-49cf-80c4-4e10fbd9cd19/saving.jpg Blog - Digital technologies for sustainable financial markets – A commentary on Blockchain and FinTech in the context of green investments - Another criticism points to the energy consumption of classic blockchain models such as Bitcoin. Proof-of-work mechanisms require enormous computing power – and therefore a lot of energy. Research, including that conducted by Juan Ignacio Ibañez and Alexander Freier at the Centre for Blockchain Technologies at University College London, shows that it is worthwhile combining these processes with renewable energies to promote their global expansion. However, the use of alternatives such as Proof of Stake is not yet widespread enough. From an economic point of view, caution is also needed: tokenised ESG products tend to be highly volatile. This is mainly because these digital assets are often traded on new and poorly regulated platforms that do not offer deep markets or sufficient liquidity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/c48cb695-50ee-430b-9b56-211f2f506caf/investing.jpg Blog - Digital technologies for sustainable financial markets – A commentary on Blockchain and FinTech in the context of green investments - Tokenisation and transparency: The power of blockchain A central feature of blockchain is its transparency. Every transaction is visible and permanently documented, making it ideal for tracking financial flows and complying with ESG (environmental, social and governance) criteria. At the same time, decentralised data storage combined with robust cryptographic security ensures a very high level of protection. Manipulation becomes virtually impossible. A particularly innovative aspect is tokenisation: green assets such as CO₂ certificates, solar parks or sustainably managed forest and agricultural land can be digitally recorded and divided into small, tradable fractions. This so-called ‘fractional ownership’ allows small investors to access green financial markets. For example, companies can tokenise their CO₂ emission savings and trade them transparently on the market, creating a tangible link between climate protection and the capital market. https://www.fluxion.one/blog-3-1/transforming-water-management-in-the-face-of-climate-change-the-time-to-invest-in-smart-solutions monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/8a1061ed-a47c-446e-8546-e560969ee898/Agro1.jpg Blog - Transforming water management in the face of climate change: the time to invest in smart solutions - The greatest pressure on global water resources undoubtedly comes from agriculture. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), between 70% and 72% of freshwater extracted is used in this sector. In addition, agricultural production consumes around 30% of the world's energy, especially for irrigation, machinery, fertilisation and processing. This demand will continue to grow, both due to population growth and changes in consumption patterns towards more resource-intensive foods. Industrial water use, although lower in volume, has significant qualitative impacts. In Argentina, approximately 2% of national water consumption is used by industry, and more than 50% of this total corresponds to the food, beverage and chemical sectors. These industries not only consume a lot of water, but also energy, which generates indirect emissions associated with cooling, cleaning and logistics processes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/7e08b8d0-3c07-44c6-8cff-54519298b3ce/waterislife.jpg Blog - Transforming water management in the face of climate change: the time to invest in smart solutions - The system operates with auditable mechanisms that allow for the verification of water savings and efficiency improvements, which is essential for financiers, ESG investors, and public institutions. Pilots carried out in Mendoza, Maipo, and Córdoba already demonstrate that the combination of technology, data analysis, and local partnerships is effective. In addition, Kilimo promotes regenerative agriculture that not only seeks efficiency, but also biodiversity and soil health. Through partnerships with cooperatives, governments, and companies, the model can be easily integrated into existing production systems and generate sustainable and scalable impacts. https://www.fluxion.one/blog-3-1/digital-transformation-in-the-countryside-how-smart-farming-is-strengthening-the-climate-resilience-of-argentine-agriculture monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/cfc7628b-b890-4449-870b-4c032d85bfab/drone.jpg Blog - Digital transformation in the countryside: How ‘Smart Farming’ is strengthening the climate resilience of Argentine agriculture - What exactly is Smart Farming? Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and sensors: tools that are already commonplace in industry and are now also transforming agriculture. Smart Farming involves the strategic use of digital technologies to increase productivity, optimise inputs and anticipate climate impacts. But it is not just about incorporating technology, it is about redefining the way we produce: in a more precise, connected and predictive way. The focus is on data-driven management. Sensors record humidity, temperature and nutrients in real time; drones and satellites capture detailed images of crop conditions. Artificial intelligence systems translate this data into specific recommendations: when to irrigate, fertilise or harvest. The experience is complemented by objective information, enabling more robust and timely decisions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/798ce017-f27e-401d-b91e-ee801872f5ea/AI_Agro.jpg Blog - Digital transformation in the countryside: How ‘Smart Farming’ is strengthening the climate resilience of Argentine agriculture - Córdoba is positioning itself as a catalyst for digital transformation: a testing ground for smart applications, a bridge between local practices and global markets, and a driver of new sustainable value chains. Companies are already adopting Smart Farming technologies with a view to exporting certified, traceable products produced to environmental standards. The incorporation of data platforms, sustainability criteria, and new financial models reinforces the region's global competitiveness. However, structural weaknesses remain. Small and medium-sized farms require access to financing to adopt these solutions. Specific training programmes on the use of agronomic data, environmental indicators and business management are also needed. https://www.fluxion.one/blog-3-1/agro-pv-digitalization-and-green-alliances-why-crdoba-can-become-a-model-region-for-the-energy-transition monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/137b1c27-e524-4e9f-97f1-f1521759c4fa/solar.jpg Blog - Agro-PV, digitalization, and green alliances: Why Córdoba can become a model region for the energy transition - Agro-PV: a concept for rural development However, the innovative step of combining agricultural use with solar energy generation—Agro-PV—is not yet being implemented in Córdoba. This hybrid system offers multiple advantages: solar modules are installed on fields, allowing cultivation, livestock farming, or beekeeping to continue. Studies by the European Commission and Marrou et al. show that more than 70% of the land under and between the modules can continue to be used productively. Even with reused modules, stable agricultural yields can be obtained, as recent studies show. The conditions in Córdoba are ideal. With some eight million hectares of cultivated land, the province is one of the most important agricultural regions in the country. In addition to soybeans, corn, and wheat, livestock farming is a key sector. Added to this are high levels of solar radiation, existing infrastructure, and a solid network of cooperatives such as CEMDO, which is already active in renewable energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/e6c0dcfa-9b43-4e90-8d2c-67707b54cf48/Cba.jpg Blog - Agro-PV, digitalization, and green alliances: Why Córdoba can become a model region for the energy transition - A strategic bridge between continents In this context, Córdoba could become a model region for a Euro-Latin American energy alliance. The combination of agricultural production, renewable energies, and digitalization precisely reflects the objectives of the European Green Deal: sustainable supply chains, technological cooperation, and common standards. Argentina has strategic resources such as lithium, biomass, and vast agricultural areas—and Córdoba offers the infrastructure and willingness to innovate. Conclusión: Es hora de preparar el terreno La agro-fotovoltaica no es una visión futura, sino una perspectiva concreta de desarrollo. Córdoba dispone del territorio, la experiencia, el capital humano y el potencial tecnológico para liderar este proceso. Un proyecto piloto que combine Agro-FV con inteligencia artificial y blockchain podría demostrar que la agricultura y la transición energética pueden ir de la mano: económica, ecológica y socialmente. Las tecnologías existen, el capital está disponible y las condiciones naturales son favorables. Es el momento adecuado para concretar la conexión entre agricultura, energía y digitalización –no mañana, sino hoy. https://www.fluxion.one/blog-3-1/blog-post-title-three-c7d8s monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/0d070edd-f845-409a-b7da-32ff1d05b87e/EU.jpg Blog - The European Green Deal and its implications for Argentine agriculture: both a challenge and an opportunity - Direct relevance for Argentina Although these goals are focused on the European domestic market, their effects transcend borders and directly affect countries that supply agricultural raw materials. Argentina, as one of the world's leading exporters of soybeans, beef, cereals, oilseeds, leather, and agro-industrial products, is naturally at the center of these regulatory changes. In this context, the Regulation on Deforestation-Free Supply Chains (EUDR), approved in 2023, takes on particular relevance. This regulation requires that, once it comes into full force, all agricultural exports to the EU must provide reliable proof that their products do not come from areas deforested after December 31, 2020. Products such as soybeans, beef, coffee, cocoa, rubber, palm oil, and wood must have georeferenced traceability systems, backed by satellite monitoring and documentary certification, which implies additional costs and demanding regulatory compliance engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/1d990c13-0235-478e-80f8-d4491222d567/Argiculture.jpg Blog - The European Green Deal and its implications for Argentine agriculture: both a challenge and an opportunity - The Córdoba case: a privileged platform The province of Córdoba has particularly favorable conditions to capitalize on these opportunities. In addition to its traditional strength as an agricultural export hub, it has a robust scientific-academic ecosystem, applied research capabilities, and an emerging technological network. From Córdoba, public-private partnerships could be promoted for the development of blockchain traceability systems, digital certification platforms, precision agriculture pilots, and comprehensive carbon capture projects. Likewise, local universities offer academic capabilities to actively integrate into European collaborative research networks, generating scientific added value, skilled employment, and export diversification. https://www.fluxion.one/blog-3-1/blog-post-title-four-64yxa monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://www.fluxion.one/blog-3-1/opening-the-black-box-of-emerging-technologies monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/422c2df9-d98f-455c-84d0-8d709be05c9c/pexels-thisisengineering-3861969.jpg Blog - Opening the ‘Black Box’ of Emerging Technologies - Cambridge, Boston, Portland, San Francisco and nine other cities in the United States have banned the use of facial recognition technologies. Dozens of 5G antennas have been vandalised in the UK, France and other countries. The UK is just now starting with the first e-scooters trials following prior legal complications. These types of headlines are becoming more and more common in the news and lead us to question: what is the right move forward with emerging technologies? Are existing regulations enabling or blocking their deployment? How do we open up the ‘black box’ of technology? And ultimately — How can local governments cope with the pace of technological development and create environments that promote innovation in an ethical and just manner? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/a8fffeb4-b986-4e70-b944-751485a3b90a/andy-kelly-0E_vhMVqL9g-unsplash.jpg Blog - Opening the ‘Black Box’ of Emerging Technologies - So why should we care? Although anticipatory governance may seem to be a ‘nice to have’ rather than a ‘must-have’ approach, the former is not the case. The reason emerging technologies are being discussed and some cities are taking a forward-thinking approach to anticipatory governance is that although these technologies are being deployed and tested all around the world, their impacts or secondary effects are unknown. Innovative technologies have the potential to address many ‘wicked’ problems cities are facing, but their applications need to be evaluated with consideration for both the benefits and risks they can create for the population. Most importantly, this is not only a relevant matter for major cities but also for all cities aiming to introduce smart and innovative technologies to their urban areas. The big players and leaders in the field can certainly inspire the action of smaller actors, as presented in the subsequent examples. https://www.fluxion.one/research daily 0.75 2025-08-16 https://www.fluxion.one/research/blog-post-title-one-hpnp7 monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/348b5d82-cb8d-4f44-b6fd-a7eb55819276/Cover+Kopie.jpeg Research - Book: Blockchain in the Energy Sector - Blockchain Blockchain in the Energy Sector An Advancing Technology to Tackle Global Climate Change? Alexander Freier. Preface by Reimund Schwarze and Alejandro Bernhard ibidem Press https://www.fluxion.one/research/article-bitcoins-carbon-footprint-revisited-proof-of-work-mining-for-renewable-energy-expansion monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/1755276666606-PBTM8ZLYPGOTTGZJKQRT/unsplash-image-loExs19kh9s.png Research - Paper: Bitcoin’s Carbon Footprint Revisited - Introduction The energy consumption of the Bitcoin blockchain has raised concerns about its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and “social license to operate” [1,2,3,4,5]. In turn, this has sparked debate. While advocates argue that a higher energy consumption is associated with enhanced protocol security [3], critics express concern over the significant carbon footprint, and a fear that it may grow further with additional Bitcoin adoption. Nevertheless, Bitcoin (BTC) proponents make a series of claims in defense of the protocol, arguing that not only is its carbon footprint overestimated, but furthermore that the cryptocurrency could provide an environmental service through flexible load response capabilities and methane onsite neutralization [6,7]. This could support renewable energy (RE) profitability and penetration, as well as decrease Bitcoin’s carbon footprint, and could theoretically result in net decarbonizing additions of load. https://www.fluxion.one/research/w3vfqje3rxuhap91emxrm9pe2vfhds monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/1754423539284-RKG65YHQK4TOYNX27C8Y/unsplash-image-geYUKmAKZp0.jpg Research - Paper: Positive Energy Districts Solutions - Cities have an undoubted significant role in climate change mitigation. Several cities across the globe have made commitments to sustainability transitions through green strategies. In the recent past, Europe has witnessed a surge in the development of smart cities and advancement towards creating more sustainable cities. At the moment, the concept of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) further encourages districts and cities to change their business-as-usual ways to be more carbon neutral. https://www.fluxion.one/research/report-building-data-ecosystems monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/ffdde659-80d2-4eed-93c7-1127f2bcf8a0/BuildingData_Report.png Research - Report: Building Data Ecosystems - von Radecki, A., Tcholtchev, N., Lämmel, P. & Schaj, G., 2020. Cities and city regions worldwide are increasingly harnessing the potential of Smart City solutions, especially those which create and deploy big data to tackle critical societal challenges, address key public policy problems, and enable public, private and third sector stakeholders to provide better delivery of products and services. Their goal is to enact and exploit a technically, socially, economically, and environmentally successful digital transition. At the heart of any high-performing Smart City is a high-performing data ecosystem. However, developing and transitioning to an integrated municipal data infrastructure, where data is widely and easily shared and used, requires sustained effort. Few cities are already in a position to fully harness and embrace the data revolution; most are only now actively working to build their data infrastructures to be fit for purpose. Through inspiration and trial and error, lessons are starting to be learned. It is clear that architects of Smart Cities need to address at least four fundamental action areas across at least twelve key issues: https://www.fluxion.one/research/blog-post-title-one-hpnp7-jxg9f monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/1754422750281-4A8OX32X9A218C4LGSKV/unsplash-image-T9rKvI3N0NM.jpg Research - Paper: Data excellence challenges Beyond data quality. Data excellence challenges from an enterprise, research and city perspective Sautter J., Litauer R., Fischer R., Klages T., Wuchner A., Müller E., Schaj G., Dobrokhotova E., Drews P. and Riess S. (2018). https://www.fluxion.one/research/paper-global-warming-and-energy-policy monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/1755277355020-MUZ8P7IE49S8EX0M46GB/unsplash-image-0w-uTa0Xz7w.jpg Research - Paper: Global warming and energy policy - Introduction Climate change and global warming are associated with the emission and atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), which have grown three times above pre-industrial levels due to the use of fossil fuels –coal, oil, and natural gas– and deforestation. In recent years, these phenomena have gained prominence on the international political agenda, leading countries to gradually adopt measures aimed at stabilizing GHG emissions and mitigating their negative effects . However, as a counterbalance to these advances, the issue of energy security and sustainability has been incorporated into the same debate, thereby acquiring a joint meaning as a “sustainable development model.” Thus, the argument put forward by states regarding the need to achieve “energy security” for their countries has accompanied policies that have turned the traditional energy industry into the main emitting sector of greenhouse gases. https://www.fluxion.one/research/paper-the-climate-change-renewable-energy-nexus monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/688dd15d3ade54219a1ee2d9/1755278057174-4M4VJ9P5AVM6TO3Q0O1E/unsplash-image-eFbxYl9M_lc.jpg Research - Paper: The climate change - renewable energy nexus - Introduction Climate change, understood as the alteration of the composition of the atmosphere and its consequent negative impact on the structure and functioning of natural ecosystems, socioeconomic systems, health, and well-being, resulting from human activity, is not a recent process. On the contrary, the origin of this phenomenon dates back to the 18th century, starting with the Industrial Revolution, which, as a counterpart to development, also brought with it environmental deterioration and landscape degradation. However, in recent decades, its effects have intensified due to increasing human pressure on the environment. In simple terms, climate change is a consequence of the increase in the temperature of the Earth's environment, which causes adverse consequences such as the melting of glaciers, rising sea levels, droughts, and the extinction of flora and fauna. In this regard, scientific advances have determined that the main cause of global warming is the presence in the atmosphere of certain gases—known as greenhouse gases (GHGs)—that trap heat emitted by the Earth's surface (Secretaría de Energía de la Nación, 2004, 8). Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the gases found in the highest concentration in the atmosphere and its primary source is the burning of fossil fuels (ibid., 8), mainly derived from the activity of the energy sector. 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