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Steven Haft, Co-Founder, Ethereum Climate Platform

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Steven Haft

Co-Founder, Ethereum Climate Platform

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Steven Haft is the Head of Global Partnerships and Climate Lead at ConsenSys. Steven served as a tech resource for UN's annual climate conferences in 2018-2022 on behalf of ConsenSys. Formerly a Board Member and Treasurer of the Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition (BSIC), he is presently CoFounder of the Ethereum Climate Platform, announced by an alliance of Ethereum and NGO partners at COP27 to address Eth’s Proof of Work carbon debt.

Haft is a long time Climate activist, and a leading figure in media, digital innovation, ESG and civic affairs. He was part of the team of student activists who co-founded the inaugural Earth Day. Until 2018, Steven was SVP Chief Innovation Officer at TIME Inc, and before that Chief Strategy Officer at AOL’s $1.2B Ad Sales Group. As a filmmaker, he developed and produced Dead Poet Society, Emma, Hocus Pocus, MADtv and Pirates of Silicon Valley, among other titles. He is a multiple Oscar/Emmy nominee, Peabody winner and Trustee Emeritus of The Sundance Institute.

Haft is a Fellow at HBS Prof Clay Cristensen’s Disruptor Foundation; Member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court; and Member of US and UK Motion Picture Academies. He is holds a degree of Juris Doctor and has lectured at Columbia University, NYU, Beijing Film Academy, CES, EthCC, DLD, SXSW, among other venues.