Reports and publications

Paper authored by Shannon Cunniff published in Coastal Forum Spring 2019 issue on the importance of building resilience for communities and ecosystems in areas where coasts and rivers intersect. 

“Double counting” risks for Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes within and outside Nationally Determined Contributions

Individual corporate action, no matter how big, won’t solve this great climate crisis. We need companies to lead, not follow, Congress. That’s why it’s big news that 13 major companies have now joined four nonprofit organizations, including Environmental Defense Fund, to form the core of a new effort to push for climate policy. 

How are we tracking the chemical fire’s toll on the physical and mental well-being of people in Houston and surrounding counties, and how can we work to develop tailored interventions to help people in the aftermath of large-scale disasters?

Learn about the growing signs of climate change, its adverse impacts, and what EDF and others are doing in response.

America’s prairie once supported an abundance of wildlife. Then it became the world’s breadbasket. EDF is helping restoring the balance between agriculture and the environment.

A new report provides the most comprehensive dataset ever collected about on-farm nitrogen management practices in North Carolina to identify fertilizer solutions that increase operational resilience, and improve economic and environmental outcomes.

Learn about the growing signs of climate change, its adverse impacts, and what EDF and others are doing in response.

A regulatory framework that encourages innovation takes advantage of the fact that technology makes it faster and cheaper to understand the world, and creative methods using these new technologies can enable better detection, mitigation, and monitoring to reduce waste and protect the environment.