Reports and publications

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

Joint NGO Letter Opposing OIAI Proposal

If you take care of fish, you’re taking care of a world where people and nature can prosper together. It is not too late to think this way. Believing we can make a difference is essential.

Companies in the IT sector can deliver on climate Week commitments through energy innovation in data centers.

This study presents the first systematic literature review of academic research on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Community Rating System (CRS) program. The CRS is a voluntary program created in 1990 as a means to incentivize communities in the United States to implement floodplain management activities that surpass those required under the National Flood Insurance Program. As participating communities adopt additional flood mitigation measures, flood insurance policy holders in those communities receive reductions in their flood insurance premiums. To identity studies for inclusion, the authors searched three academic databases using the keywords “Community Rating System” and “Federal Emergency Management Agency” and “Community Rating System” and “FEMA.” We discovered 44 studies that met our selection criteria (e.g., peer-reviewed, focus on CRS, and are empirical) and are included in the review. The findings provide significant insights into the current state of research on the CRS. This paper concludes by providing some recommendations to policymakers aiming to enhance communities’ resilience to floods and by outlining a future research agenda for the academic and practitioner communities.

The push for clean energy must be supplemented by a suite of technologies known as carbon dioxide removal.

Protecting groundwater quality is an essential component of sustainable water management. However, active groundwater management often focuses on maintaining groundwater quantity – a target that does not always ensure groundwater quality goals are met.

EDF will be participating in a number of events during UN Climate week in New York City, September 21 - 26.

Article by Maurice Hall in CALMatters for the five year anniversary of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act on why groundwater and this legislation are so important.