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A report by EDF and China’s Energy Research Institute evaluates China’s national carbon emissions trading market as it becomes fully operational.

With incentives, technology developers can work with public health researchers to unlock solutions allowing us to track exposure to hazardous chemicals.

Risk is a key barrier for financial institutions and capital markets to get involved in wild fisheries investments.

The Principles are designed to provide investors with certainty about the specific challenges and enabling conditions in wild-caught fisheries, while also generating confidence that building environmental and social sustainability into fisheries will yield a strong return on their investment.

A report from EDF and APPRISE details the opportunity from increased investment and focus on low-income energy efficiency and outlines steps to get there.

A landscape of available sources of finance for REDD+ and climate action in forests

Coupling energy storage with renewable energy will transform how we buy, sell and use energy over the next decade.

This whitepaper examines the approach taken by the New York Public Service Commission (“NYPSC”) and sheds light on the elements that must be included for electric utility modernization efforts to yield maximum environmental benefits.

This report from EDF and the Nicholas Institute at Duke University defines the core challenge for fisheries finance, or the "fisheries finance gap", and explores opportunities to combine different types of capital in in support of sustainable wild-capture fisheries

A roadmap for accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean transportation in the state.

Governor-elect Murphy campaigned to set New Jersey on a path to 100% clean energy by 2050. However, existing funding streams have not been sufficient to catalyze the scale of growth required.

A report from EDF and partners looking at Clean Development Mechanism projects in Brazil finds extensive environmental and financial integrity concerns.

CarbonSim is an AI enhanced, multi-lingual, multi-user, software application that teaches the principles of emissions trading and brings markets to life.

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced today that it has started work on a pilot project to design the first ever Environmental Impact Bond (EIB) for wetland restoration.

Louisiana could lose $3.6 billion in infrastructure and $7.6 billion in business disruption costs over the next 50 years if the state takes no action to curb its coastal land loss crisis.

2017 study sponsored by EDF underscores regional economic costs of Louisiana coastal loss loss as well as job creation through restoration.

Despite shifting energy policy, the clean energy economy remains a big source of jobs – at 4 million, with wind and solar jobs outpacing those in coal.

Measuring the social cost of carbon allows federal agencies to see which pollution-reducing rules are a good deal, and which cause economic harm.

The Supply Chain Solutions Center is a digital hub for sustainability resources, best practices, thought leadership and news.

The U.S. Clean Energy Progress Map shows the economic impact of clean energy growth across the country. The map is a non-partisan, free-to-use public resource that captures investments and jobs in the U.S. wind, solar and energy efficiency industries.

The HQT uses a different approach designed to bring greater confidence to conservation decisions.

A technical report detailing a range of possibilities to achieve goals set by the High-Level Carbon Pricing Panel.

Project Aims to Protect Verde River by Connecting Credit “Sellers” and “Buyers”

Investor-ready certification to build investors’ trust in retrofits, savings, help close €100 billion gap

Investor Confidence Project Europe (ICP Europe), a sister project of the Investor Confidence Project launched by Environmental Defense Fund, is launching its Investor Network to help connect real estate developers in need of private capital with investors in search of quality energy efficiency projects that deliver environmental and financial results.