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New program launches to gather and benchmark cover crop data within the largest public farm financial database in the U.S.

EDF Statement from Elizabeth Gore, Senior Vice President, Political Affairs

The finance community can help catalyze climate progress by publicly supporting the climate provisions of the budget reconciliation package and pushing portfolio companies and corporate clients to do the same.

Building a thriving net zero future for people and the planet is the defining challenge of our time. Solving the climate crisis requires immediate action from all corners of the global economy, but carbon-intensive sectors play a particularly important role in the transition to a net zero carbon future. Many investors in these areas —

Companies are looking to bolster their net zero plans, with new research highlighting both the significant opportunities and challenges in scaling markets.

Statement of EDF Director of Climate Risk Strategies Michael Panfil – October 13, 2021

By Michael Colvin and Lauren Navarro Gov. Newsom signed a new law today that will help accelerate the much-needed transition to electric trucks and buses. In addition to transforming the California market and cleaning up the state’s air, this law can serve as a national model for other states interested in accelerating the adoption of …

This report gives companies the information needed on how to assess the potential impacts of cell-cultured meat and seafood.

Companies must ensure cell-cultured meat and seafood products coming to the market are safe for the planet and human health and that growth happens responsibly and transparently.

An economist’s guide to filling in the research gaps. Natural gas currently accounts for more than a third of U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions, but efforts to decarbonize the economy – in particular by replacing gas with electricity in a wide variety of critical applications – imply decreasing future gas demand and CO2 emissions from the …

By Julia Rose and Christopher Cusack The generation of goods and services on or for the oceans has been growing exponentially in recent years. Industries such as shipping, marine tourism, aquaculture and renewable energy contribute to a “Blue Economy” that employed 2.3 million Americans and generated $373 billion for the U.S. economy in 2018. By …

Voluntary carbon credits let companies increase their climate ambition beyond their own operations by turning their net zero pledges into action.

This first-of-its-kind reporting framework is designed to improve the clarity and credibility of oil and gas industry methane emissions data.

EDF’s Economics Discussion Paper Series presents economic works, research in progress, and policy discussions written by EDF Economists and external colleagues and co-authors.

Market analysis by EDF finds strong demand for lending products that support farmers’ transition to soil health practices.

EDF report finds that 90% of Iowa farmers believe soil health practices improve long-term profitability and tests ways to support the transition.

EDF has created an interactive Microsoft Excel© spreadsheet outlining the six-year enterprise transition budget for a corn-soybean operation for use by farmers, lenders and other farm financial partners. The spreadsheet uses Iowa State University’s 2021 annual production cost budgets and adjusts based on PFI’s no-till and cover crop cost, cost savings and new revenue survey results.

A revamped ‘cost curve’ from Evolved Energy Research and EDF points to low-cost action to clean power and transport for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Using the latest energy models, EDF teamed up with Evolved Research to create a new and improved cost curve that provides a roadmap for policymakers exploring ways to get to net-zero carbon emissions. The curve demonstrates the need for policymakers to support big, low-cost cuts in carbon emissions now, as well as the need to support the development of newer technologies that can help get us past the finish line.

EDF teamed with Evolved Research to create a new and improved cost curve that provides a roadmap for policymakers exploring net zero carbon emissions.

This report was prepared to assist Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in providing recommendations to FEMA about how a new loan program resulting from the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act can be structured to encourage nature-based solutions.

Letter to Administrator Criswell on opportunities to increase equity in flood resilience. 

Though Wall Street has directed unprecedented attention to climate over the past year, it can and must do more to remain competitive in a business landscape oriented towards net zero emissions by 2050.

Carbon credits are just one tool in a portfolio of financial solutions that farmers and lenders should explore. The post What agricultural lenders need to know about emerging carbon market opportunities first appeared on Growing Returns.

Updated rulemaking is urgently needed given the immense risks climate change poses to companies, investors, and the American financial system.