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Among all energy companies, NOCs have some of the lowest development and production costs, and will likely be the ones lifting the last barrel from the ground.

Statement from Pedro Piris-Cabezas, Senior Director, Global Transportation and Lead Senior Economist at Environmental Defense Fund

In early December, the EDF climate-smart agriculture team will join hundreds of farmers, food and agriculture companies, university experts and other conservation organizations at the 2023 Sustainable Agriculture Summit, “Scaling Collective Impact: Collaborating to Accelerate Agricultural Sustainability.” This conference is one of the largest annual gatherings of people working to improve sustainability in U.S. agriculture,

Engaging oil and gas clients on methane provides banks with a credible, near-term, and cost-effective path to making headway on financed emissions. In this EDF report, we argue that oil and gas methane emissions are significantly under-reported and thus pose a material climate transition risk to banks financing oil and gas.

EDF guide to help companies incorporate circular solutions. The circular economy framework and associated value lever map can be used to identify, prioritize, and implement specific concepts that meet business, environmental, and social goals.

Financed emissions reporting by the six biggest US banks doesn’t show if they’re improving. Focusing on methane can yield results.

Less than eight percent of the global economy is considered circular, a decline over the past five years. But a new report from EDF and Deloitte introduces a framework for companies to advance circular action through new policy changes, growing resale markets, recent technological developments and rising consumer demand for sustainable products that are improving the value equation for companies.

Today, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) released the results from Washington’s second Allowance Price Containment Reserve (APCR) auction, held on November 8th. At this auction, all 5 million available APCR allowances were sold at the Tier 1 price of $51.90. This auction, along with three previous sold-out cap-and-invest auctions, continues to show strong …

New EDF Economics Discussion Paper reviews the instrument options available to policy makers to address methane emissions from the coal sector during the coal phase-out. This paper complements previous EDF research focusing on instruments options for methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.   Coal use is one of the major sources of CO2 globally,

New York City, along with the rest of the mid-Atlantic, is seeing more extreme rainfall events that overwhelm local infrastructure and lead to localized, but often severe, flooding. These flash floods can impose myriad costs on residents from lost income when businesses are interrupted to higher commuting costs when transit is flooded to the need …

This report from EDF and group of partners crossing sectors shares implementation lessons from a learning pilot in New York City designed to harness risk transfer to provide immediate and flexible post-flood assistance to under-resourced households.

ExxonMobil faces an investor vote that could help catalyze a much-needed transition toward a clean energy future.

This report shares a process of social innovation undertaken to improve the financial recovery of low- and moderate-income (LMI) households from increasing climate disasters. The report first discusses the broader issue of cross-sector collaboration and team building and then walks through the insurance-based innovation steps in detail.

Voluntary carbon markets are a source of much-needed finance to help the agriculture sector realize its potential for climate mitigation. Still, carbon credit buyers face challenges in differentiating carbon credits that represent real and verifiable climate impact, based on the latest science and best practices in a crowded marketplace. It takes due diligence to get …

By Sean Hackett The dire need to slash greenhouse gas and methane emissions from the global oil and gas sector is driving a surge of investors to advocate for stronger climate policies that accelerate the energy transition and mitigate risks. The transition to a low-carbon economy is already well underway. By embracing climate policies and …

Three agencies that are the backbone of U.S. banking regulation have developed joint guidance on how banks should manage the monetary risks of the climate crisis.

Whatever you call it — sustainable, ethical or socially responsible — green investing is readily available, and already paying dividends. 

EDF, in partnership with Nest and with support from Etsy, developed this comprehensive guide to the post-disaster resources available to small business owners and the next steps to accessing them.

Data from Environmental Defense Fund and WSP USA shows Nevadans who buy some popular models of electric cars or passenger trucks will save a lot of money in the first 10 years of ownership.

As the effects of climate change continue to unfold, all communities across the U.S. will face a wider range of risks. However, some communities will be more affected by those risks due to greater exposure and limited ability to recover from their effects.   For two neighboring communities in Detroit, the U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index, a …

California has two brand-new laws that require large companies operating in California to disclose their risks from climate change — a vitally important step that will help ensure investors have the information they need to make prudent financial decisions.