Reports and publications

Louisiana is at the forefront of confronting multi-faceted challenges due to coastal land-loss and climate change. These challenges include loss of culture and economy for humans as well as loss of ecosystem functions and habitats for the socio-ecological system. 

Louisiana is confronting multi-faceted challenges due to coastal land-loss and climate change. The Restore the Mississippi River Delta (MRD) — a consortium of five nonprofit organizations with a shared goal of restoration of coastal Louisiana — identified 17 projects to best mitigate and adapt to these challenges in the near term.

Ben Ratner and Tudor Pickering CEO Maynard Holt have a wide-ranging conversation about the investors/ESG, energy transition, flaring, methane and Environmental Defense Fund’s pragmatic approach.

Electronic monitoring and electronic reporting programs can improve accountability in fisheries and provide more accurate and real-time data collection for science, management and business operations. This white paper discusses how well-crafted policies, cross-region collaboration and clear communication can help policymakers accelerate the uptake of promising EM/ER technologies and maximize the value of fisheries data in the United States.

The purpose of this report is to summarize both the current status of the China GHG Voluntary Emission Reduction Program and the design of offset mechanisms in China’s local carbon markets, in turn providing reference material for future development of the China GHG Voluntary Emission Reduction Program and on how to introduce the offset mechanisms into the national ETS. This is the Chinese language version.

This report summarizes both the current status of the China GHG Voluntary Emission Reduction Program and the design of offset mechanisms in China’s local carbon markets, in turn providing reference material for future development of the China GHG Voluntary Emission Reduction Program and on how to introduce the offset mechanisms into the national ETS. 

As we focus on rebuilding our economy while containing the novel coronavirus, it is critical that we rebuild better — investing to create more good jobs, less air pollution and a more stable future.

Analysis shows how CORSIA’s built-in flexibility helps airlines during COVID crisis

A new by Environmental Defense Fund and grid reliability expert Alison Silverstein concludes that Texas’ competitive electricity market can meet future demand growth, increase grid resilience and keep energy costs down by leveraging demand-side solutions like energy efficiency, demand response and energy storage.

Webinar on helping the nation recover and protecting people and the environment in the age of COVID-19