On 26 August 2020, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, together with Co-Chairs Achim Steiner and Maria Ramos, launched the report of the Task Force, People’s Money: Harnessing Digitalization to Finance a Sustainable Future.
Central Bank Digital Currency will be ‘programmable… ultimately giving the issuer control over *how it is spent by the recipient*… your freedom to purchase fuel, meat, flights, fertiliser… will be limited to a carbon credit score.