Reports and publications

Plastics are convenient, cheap and durable - they also pose serious threats to our environment.

This whitepaper from Evolved Energy Research builds on previous EDF analysis, which examines the current and future carbon inventories for the state of Colorado, addressing two topics: wedge analysis & potential policy levers, and carbon policy discussion.

An interview with Rural Radio Network

We urged the office to ensure the ban on methylene chloride-based paint and coating removers covers both consumer and most commercial uses – as the agency originally proposed.

Learn about the growing signs of climate change, its adverse impacts, and what EDF and others are doing in response.

This EDF report provides a comprehensive comparison of supply chain tracking tools for tropical forest commodities, specifically cattle, soy and timber, currently being used in Brazil. We describe the advantages and challenges of each system, and conclude with a comprehensive comparison.

As environmentalists, we often refer to our work as “saving the planet.” This is unhelpful for a couple of reasons.

Just as reverse auctions have helped increase renewable energy capacity, they could also be an effective approach for scaling energy storage  

Coastal regions and deltas around the globe are seeking financing for resilience projects to cope with more frequent extreme events, sea-level rise and land subsidence. Interest is growing in natural infrastructure that generates multiple ecosystem services including flood risk reduction. The growth of the conservation finance market represents an opportunity to support these investments, but there is a need for pilot transactions that align incentives across private and public entities, along with rigorous performance metrics for natural infrastructure linked to resilience outcomes. We test the feasibility of the Environmental Impact Bond (EIB) model to address these challenges. An EIB is a form of Pay-for-Performance debt financing where investors provide upfront capital to implement a project and are repaid according to the degree to which desired environmental outcomes are achieved. We evaluate this concept for wetland restoration projects identified in Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan by developing a site selection procedure and designing a multi-stakeholder transaction tied to restoration outcomes. Based on our proposed model we conclude that an EIB could be used to accelerate restoration and increase the net benefits of wetland investments, aligning incentives of the investors and payors around metrics of wetland sustainability.