Reports and publications

Climate change is no longer a future threat. Its destructive impacts are already here in the form of violent mega-storms, prolonged drought and deadly wildfires. More than ever, we need a credible, positive vision of the future to motivate and mobilize the forces necessary to address climate challenges head-on. 

The Salton Sea, the state’s largest lake, has shrunk by some 40 square miles, exposing tens of thousands of acres of playa, increasing dust and salinity, and reducing habitat. The state of California has a 10-year plan to reduce dust and build habitat around the Salton Sea, and more than $365 million in funding has been approved. However, work at the Sea has been stalled and the region has been ignored far too long.

Op-ed by Ann Hayden on Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in California being positive rather than negative, as portrayed by a series of recent articles in the Sacramento and Fresno Bees.

Final Environmental Defense Fund Europe report on making electric vehicles more affordable and accessible

Fact sheet on EDFE report on EV acceleration

One pager on the EDFE report on barriers to electric vehicle growth

EDF Europe report on barriers to electric vehicle growth

An interview conducted by the The International Business Review, a student-run print publication based at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

The Trump administration is chipping away at the science that environmental protection depends on. Here’s why its efforts will fail.

Get a behind the scenes look at this year’s UN Climate Action Summit.