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Food and agriculture is a significant contributor to climate change, emitting a whopping 30% of global emissions. That’s why EDF’s Climate Corps graduate fellowship program is launching the Animal Agriculture pilot program during the summer of 2023.

Authors: Vincent Gauthier (EDF), Tee Thomas (Quantified Ventures) The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will invest more than $44 billion in the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, or SRFs, presenting a tremendous opportunity to finance natural infrastructure solutions that can improve water quality and protect communities against flooding. While natural infrastructure can be a …

New Standards Enable Retirement Managers to Better Protect People’s Retirement Savings, Including from Climate-Related Financial Risk

Innovation is indispensable, but we need to center the people who will be affected in their communities too. They need to know if the changes solve their real world problems and don’t create new issues, so that communities welcome — rather than fight — new solutions.

The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest investment in combating climate change ever passed by Congress. The nearly $369 billion in climate and clean energy provisions in the new law include grants and tax credits that will bring down emissions and provide businesses with the certainty they need to make long-term investments in clean energy

A new report published today by Environmental Defense Fund focused on non-operated joint ventures (NOJVs) in the oil and gas industry finds that supermajors’ climate targets to reduce methane emissions only apply to assets they operate directly.

Analysis of supermajors' non-operated joint ventures with state-owned entities shows emissions reporting from these assets remains opaque. This is a significant opportunity for supermajors to raise the bar on methane action and scale emissions reductions quickly.

The Inflation Reduction Act will improve Americans’ lives by fighting inflation, lowering health care costs and making significant down payments on energy security and climate progress.

This global survey is the first of its kind to measure the climate change perceptions, actions and challenges at agricultural finance institutions. This survey reveals that many institutions are alert to the risks and opportunities inherent to climate change, but need greater support to take action.

EDF announced Pedro Martins Barata as its new Associate Vice President for Carbon Markets and Private Sector Decarbonization.

A new report provides states, cities, towns and watershed groups five replicable ways to generate revenue and support natural infrastructure projects.

A new report published today by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping looks at how investors can engage with portfolio companies around shipping emissions, including commitments that companies should make on the pathway to decarbonization and disclosures that investors need to monitor progress.

Maritime shipping is a cornerstone of global supply chains and a major source of GHG emissions. The industry can move faster toward zero-carbon fuels.

In January 2022, global farmer-to-farmer network and ag tech company Farmers Business Network®, launched a new rebate program for farm operating loans. The Regenerative Agriculture Finance Operating Line program includes a 0.5% interest rate rebate for farmers who achieve climate and water quality benchmarks established by Environmental Defense Fund. Both farmers who already meet the benchmarks,

Farms, ranches and forests can get the U.S. 17% of the way toward the national goal to cut emissions in half by 2030.

EDF joined the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law to submit letters supporting a proposal from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would standardize public companies’ disclosures of climate risk information.

This post was co-authored by Natalie Hurd, Western states climate policy intern at EDF. Washington state is on the cusp of finalizing the rules to launch its ambitious new climate policy. This comes at an important moment of opportunity for states to lean into their climate commitments and increase their ambition. The passage of the …

A new policy brief from Environmental Defense Fund shows that investment in a few of the Inflation Reduction Act's key climate finance programs could catalyze 10 times greater investment from the private sector.

Natural gas buyers have strong influence over supply chains, but have yet to expand contract terms to include emissions intensity. Investors can influence the market toward lower-emissions gas.

What if you could fight climate change and save money at the same time? The combination of rebates and tax credits included in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act help you do exactly that.

What if you could fight climate change and save money at the same time? The combination of rebates and tax credits included in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act help you do exactly that.

This blog was coauthored by Maureen Lackner, Huong Nguyen and Aaron Wolfe. New EDF Economics Discussion Paper describes the instrument options available to policy makers in both oil and gas producing as well as importing countries. Policy makers around the world are increasingly recognizing the need to drastically reduce methane emissions in parallel with carbon …

California Approves Clean Cars Standards, Speeds Toward a Future Free from Tailpipe Pollution

Last week, President Biden signed into law the largest investment to combat climate change ever passed by Congress. The nearly $369 billion in climate and clean energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) include grants and tax credits that will bring down emissions and set the long-term investment certainty to secure the transition to …

SEC’s Proposed Standards for ESG Funds Meet Investors’ Need for Clarity