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The entire northeast corner of Ecuador was once inhabited by the A’i Cofán people, but the population has dwindled as the land has been fragmented by development. Protecting their land is a constant, sometimes dangerous, struggle. But there may be a glimmer of hope in the form of the largest-ever public-private partnership that invests in protecting the forest.

EDF and partners convened an international task force of crustacean fishery scientists and managers from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the United States in the summer of 2020: the Crustacean Task Force.

Study co-authored by EDF scientists identified and integrated available public health, social, economic, environmental, and climate data in the United States to develop a Climate Vulnerability Index composed of four baseline vulnerabilities (health, social/economic, infrastructure, and environment) and three climate change risks (health, social/economic, extreme events).

This announcement builds on past successes, with a plan to accelerate action in the years to come.

To address climate change, the U.S. is making a historic investment in farmers, ranchers and rural communities, helping them cut emissions, prepare for climate impacts that are already here, and create good jobs along the way.

What will it take to decarbonize the gas distribution system? EDF and partners produced a new report setting out guiding principles and strategies to inform decarbonization of the gas utility and corresponding end uses.

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.

Last January, FBN and EDF launched the $25 million RAF pilot program and provided nearly 50 farmers with seasonal lines of credit of up to $5 million. EDF provides oversight related to the environmental criteria required for RAF eligibility. RAF will double in size to $50 million in operating lines for the coming season and anticipates originating up to $1 billion in climate-smart operating lines over the next five years.

For 15 years, EDF's Climate Corps program has embedded ambitious graduate students at top-tier companies and organizations. Now they are successful sustainability leaders across the globe. 

For 15 years, EDF's Climate Corps program has embedded ambitious graduate students at top-tier companies and organizations. Now they are successful sustainability leaders across the globe.

Last year, for the first time, EDF and McGill University mapped every existing documented orphan well across our country. Shortly after, Congress passed the Infrastructure and Investment Act, IIJA, which included $4.7 billion to document, plug and remediate orphan wells.  This new funding, secured through EDF’s leadership, provides federal support for the first time for …

Local conservationists in The Bahamas scored a rare victory over mining interests. But the proposal to mine limestone in an ecologically valuable island is not dead yet. 

Qualifications Climate Corps seeks graduate students with analytical and project management backgrounds who are excited to make an impact through smart energy and climate solutions. Fellows are chosen for their ability to perform quantitative analyses, manage projects and help facilitate organizational change. Our core fellowship requirements are: At the time of application, enrolled in a …

Qualifications Climate Corps seeks graduate students with analytical and project management backgrounds who are excited to make an impact through smart energy and climate solutions. Fellows are chosen for their ability to perform quantitative analyses, manage projects and help facilitate organizational change. Our core fellowship requirements are: Climate Corps is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In …

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.

EDF’s Executive Vice President for Impact, Angela Churie Kallhauge, reflects on the outcomes of the annual United Nations climate conference.

The devastation of Hurricane Sandy launched scores of efforts across New York and New Jersey to prepare for the next storm. But some residents are no more protected today than they were a decade ago. EDF and partners are working to build resilience in this critical region.

Amid music, laughter and a few tears, the latest cohort in EDF and Rural Community Assistance Corporation’s Water Leadership Institute graduated Saturday, enthusiastically committing to put their learnings into practice and tackle significant water challenges in their communities.

Watch a video about an EDF project in Antigua to use an electric school bus as backup power for a special needs school.

For companies that own and operate medium and heavy duty trucks, the path to fleet electrification provides a high impact opportunity to intrinsically reshape the environmental impact of their operations.

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

This EDF report provides the first set of science-based targets for annual emission reductions from U.S. farms, ranches and forests.

Can you use your MBA to save the planet? EDF's Degrees podcast asks the chief sustainability officer at McDonald’s, Jenny McColloch, who has one of the most influential sustainability jobs in the business world: leading the effort to green McDonald’s nearly 40,000 restaurants.

GM and EDF Announce Recommended Principles on EPA Emissions Standards for Model Year 2027 and Beyond

Join the EDF Safer Chemicals team and our academic partners from the University of Maryland and the University of Rochester as we debut a new tool, the Cumulative Risk Assessment Framework, to support implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act.