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As the UN climate conference kicks off in Egypt, food and agriculture are central to negotiations for the first time. More severe droughts, warmer temperatures and heavier rainfall fueled by climate change are making it harder than ever for the world’s one billion farmers to grow food and fiber. While some farms and regions are …

Today the Canadian government announced it will make significant improvements to federal regulations that limit methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.

Statement of Michael Panfil, EDF’s Sr. Director and Lead Counsel of Climate Risk Strategies –November 10, 2022

Angela Churie Kallhauge, head of impact at Environmental Defense Fund, provides a behind-the-scenes look at the biggest climate conference of the year.

EDF statement from Kate Boicourt

An earlier version of this options paper was published in October 2021, prior to COP 26. This is an updated version reflecting the developments under ongoing UNFCCC processes.

Methane submission to Global Stocktake

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) provides input on how to achieve the objectives referred to in paragraph 7 of the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on the global goal on adaptation (GLaSS) (7/CMA.3).

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions present their perspectives on future topics not listed in decision 4/CP.23 and views on the progress of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA)

Submission for the Information Collection and Preparation (ICP) Component of the Global Stocktake (GST), jointly prepared by Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, and The Nature Conservancy

Joint inputs on the work programme on the framework for non-market approaches under Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement

EDF’s Climate Tech Convening San Francisco brings together leading investors, forward -thinking corporate stakeholders, innovative startups and industry thought leaders.

In 2022, EDF and Deloitte conducted a survey of finance institutions serving the agriculture sector in North America, Europe and India to measure the climate change perceptions, actions and challenges at agricultural finance institutions. This report aims to understand how climate change is perceived by agricultural finance institutions and how they are responding.

New York State passes the historic Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022 (Proposal One). The post EDF Celebrates the Passing of the NY Bond Act. first appeared on Growing Returns.

EDF report is for agricultural lenders and lending institutions, as well as others interested in understanding the climate risks faced by the agricultural lending sector and the role of agricultural lenders in financing resilient agriculture. We provide a path forward for lenders to mitigate climate risks and finance resilient agriculture.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – November 9, 2022

Heather McTeer Toney is leading a movement to make sure that the millions of green jobs of the future go to everyone. After you listen to this episode of EDF's Degrees, you’ll see opportunities you never imagined.

As climate change threatens agricultural production around the world, the agricultural finance institutions that work with farmers also face growing risk to their businesses — as well as untapped opportunities to help farmers prepare for climate impacts. A new report — The Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Finance — conducted by Environmental Defense Fund …

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.

Human composting is the environmentally friendly new trend in death care, especially for young people planning for their future.

The United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities issued at COP27 addressing net-zero commitments by non-State actors, particularly businesses, financial institutions, and municipalities. EDF underscores: To keep the 1.5 degree goal within reach, we need integrity. We can’t reach our climate targets without including carbon credits, and we can’t have effective credits without integrity.  

Human composting is the environmentally friendly new trend in death care, especially for young people planning for their future. 

New science has made it clear that life on Earth may well depend upon the startlingly strange and interesting organisms that live in the oceans’ twilight zone and that we must act now to protect it.

Looking to the oceans for answers to the climate crisis.

This is one of three reports produced by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) ocean science team as part of a two-year EDF project on natural climate solutions (NCS). The present report attempts to describe the state of the science, including key uncertainties, surrounding interventions based on macroalgal ecosystems and aquaculture.