Reports and publications
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Addressing the climate crisis requires crafting policies that can simultaneously enhance ambition, promote just and sustainable development, and support vulnerable communities. EDF believes that with careful design and an understanding of social and historical contexts, carbon markets are one tool that can advance lasting, equitable climate solutions.
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Maritime Makeover: The Role for Investors in Decarbonizing Global Shipping
Type: Report
Date: November 1, 2022
Analysis shows there are plausible pathways to fully decarbonize shipping by 2050. By taking steps now to test and de-risk new fuel pathways, stakeholders can reduce long-term costs and manage the risk of price or fuel supply shocks in the future.
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500,000 Florida children ride to school on diesel buses. That is not being efficient.
Type: Column/Article
Date: October 18, 2022
In September, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection announced awards to purchase 227 electric transit buses in 13counties and 218 electric school buses in seven school districts across Florida from the Volkswagen settlement.
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Linking Inclusive Finance with Inclusive Insurance in the United States Through Community Development Financial Institutions
Type: Report
Date: October 12, 2022
In this report, EDF and partners examine the financing challenges that small businesses in low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities face after a disaster. We suggest two innovative risk transfer models to improve the recovery of small businesses in disadvantaged areas from weather-related extremes, with spillover benefits for their broader communities.
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Climate change promises a stormier future. Ten years after Sandy, New York and New Jersey are still seeking innovative ways to live with water.
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How to stop worrying about gas prices for good: Act quickly to fully decarbonize the economy
Type: Column/Article
Date: October 10, 2022
This past summer, Californians have been hit hard by inflation: rising food costs, utility bills and nowhere more obviously than at the gas pump. The cost to fill up a tank has many potential causes and lots of experts are weighing in.
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Ambitious Climate Mitigation Pathways for U.S. Agriculture and Forestry: Vision for 2030
Type: Report
Date: September 21, 2022
This EDF report provides the first set of science-based targets for annual emission reductions from U.S. farms, ranches and forests.
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This issue focuses on India, where fighting climate change not only presents unique challenges, it has sparked an exciting wave of entrepreneurship and innovation.
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To better understand areas of scientific agreement and disagreement about the climate mitigation potential of cropland soil carbon, EDF asked American University to survey 31 soil carbon scientists working in academia, nonprofit organizations and government agencies. These are the results.
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New analysis from Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Rural Beacon Initiative (RBI) shows that joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) can be an integral tool for North Carolina to cost-effectively reduce emissions and meet the state’s carbon reduction goals.