Reports and publications
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Improving ecosystem health in highly altered river basins: a generalized framework and its application to the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin
Type: Report
Date: February 22, 2024
Using a combination of literature review, workshops and expert solicitation, study authors propose a generalized framework to improve ecosystem health in highly altered river basins by reducing ecosystem stressors, enhancing ecosystem processes and increasing ecosystem resilience. The use of this framework is illustrated in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) of the central United States (U.S.).
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Climate Impacts of Hydrogen and Methane Emissions Can Considerably Reduce the Climate Benefits across Key Hydrogen Use Cases and Time Scales
Type: Link
Date: February 21, 2024
Study by EDF scientists shows that standard frameworks used to assess the climate impacts of hydrogen production are vulnerable to broad miscalculation.
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Although hydrogen is widely considered a climate “solution,” it creates several climate challenges depending on how it is produced, managed, and used. Fortunately, there are actions we can take to maximize the climate benefits of hydrogen by ensuring it is deployed strategically and effectively.
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Scarcity and excess: Tackling water-related risks to agriculture in the United States
Type: Report
Date: February 13, 2024
This report from EDF provides an overview of the dual water stressors of too little and too much water, the current and potential future impacts these might have on agriculture, and to highlight emerging adaptation strategies to enhance resilience.
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Lender perceptions and actions on conservation agriculture: Survey insights from four upper Midwest states
Type: Report
Date: February 7, 2024
A new survey of agricultural lenders in the upper Midwest reveals important insights about their perceptions and support for farmers’ conservation efforts. As the first of its kind, the survey from EDF and partners can inform agricultural lending institutions’ climate and sustainability strategy development.
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Advancing effective and equitable crediting: Natural climate solutions crediting handbook
Type: Report
Date: February 6, 2024
This Handbook from EDF guides readers through key decisions and complex issues involved in creating effective crediting systems for natural climate solutions (NCS).
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The importance of accounting method and sampling depth to estimate changes in soil carbon stocks
Type: Link
Date: January 26, 2024
We need scientifically robust and accessible ways to measure soil carbon to ensure that different practice changes deliver reliable results. This research article from Environmental Defense Fund highlights two best practices for measuring carbon in soil.
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Environmental Defense Fund, Cornell University, and Kansas State University studied how severe weather financially impacts Kansas farms and how management choices and government programs mitigate the negative impacts. The study used a 40-year Kansas farm financial dataset and historic weather data to measure the impacts of extreme heat on gross and net farm income.
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EDF fact sheet on EV charging for Illinois home renters and condo owners.
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Groundwater is facing unprecedented pressure from over-extraction, pollution, and climate change. Drawing on years of experience across multiple geographies, EDF has developed a flexible management framework for communities to adapt in their effort to achieve sustainable groundwater use.