EDF Voices: Climate

It's time to not only listen to our elders, but also the voices of our youth — and think of the broader family that is this country.

The U.S. and the European Union announced the best climate news we’ve had in a long time today, a commitment to cut their methane emissions 30% by the end of the decade, rallying other governments to join them.

As the latest IPCC climate report shows, global and business leaders must take action ASAP to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. This is our moment to be fearless and fight to create the change we need to protect our people and our planet.

From photojournalism, chemical engineering, urban planning and finance, to more traditional green jobs, the opportunities are extraordinary.

The bottom line is that even though this report is full of doom and gloom, it is not too late to act.

Here are some reasons for hope, and helpful things you can do, now that a new season of extreme weather made worse by climate change has begun.

Exxon shareholders elected two of the four board candidates nominated by activist investors. Why this is a core win for the environment.

Five of California's 10 largest wildfires occurred in 2020 — and experts don’t expect any reprieve this fire season.

Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are valuable and necessary allies in the fight to address the climate crisis — allies who could wield the kind of political power key to environmental progress.

The upcoming shareholder vote is potential inflection point, as leading companies recognize that climate change presents a massive systemic risk, and that solving it is a multitrillion-dollar opportunity.