Using Program Evaluation to Enhance Climate Investments
January 31, 2023
This EDF-commissioned report by Joseph Aldy, Harvard Kennedy School, overviews key recommendations for federal agencies on ways to integrate evaluation in the design and implementation of clean energy programs
Using Program Evaluation to Enhance Climate Investments
January 31, 2023
Fact sheet overviewing a report by Joseph Aldy, Harvard Kennedy School, which offers recommendations for federal agencies on ways to integrate evaluation in the design and implementation of clean energy programs.
2023 EDF Winter Special Report
January 30, 2023
As unprecedented drought torments the American West, Maurice Hall and his team are using science and forging partnerships to create a whole new approach to water management — one that can revitalize rivers and aquifers and share water more equitably.
NGO SAF Letter to Sec. Granholm and Sec. Yellen
January 27, 2023
NGO SAF Letter to Sec. Granholm and Sec. Yellen
Improving Water Planning in Texas
January 23, 2023
This report explains the process by which Texas Groundwater Conservation Districts (GCDs) have executed their statutorily required planning function to arrive at a Desired Future Condition (DFC) and the inextricable link that exists between DFC development and state water planning.
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Tackling Transferred Emissions: Climate Principles for Oil and Gas Mergers and Acquisitions
January 19, 2023
While transactions in the oil and gas industry can increase reputational, climate, and transition risks, they also present opportunities for industry players to lead on creating a new paradigm for oil and gas transactions that is more compatible with global net zero goals. A new report from EDF and Ceres outlines ways to take advantage of these opportunities.
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What Is Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal?
January 18, 2023
All future climate scenarios that hold planetary warming close to 1.5 °C by 2050 will require massive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, supplemented by the use of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods to clean up leftover heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.
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Sub-seafloor Geologic Storage of Captured CO2
January 18, 2023
Carbon dioxide can be permanently stored under the seabed in geologic reservoirs.
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Ocean Fertilization
January 18, 2023
Marine plants and algae, like phytoplankton, take up CO2 during photosynthesis, and this can increase the ocean’s uptake of atmospheric CO2.
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Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal Methods
January 18, 2023
This booklet from EDF and partners provides a primer on various ocean CDR strategies, summarizing the theory behind each technique, the current state of knowledge of their carbon storage potential and associated costs, technical readiness, and potential environmental and social impacts.
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Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement
January 18, 2023
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), also termed enhanced weathering (EW), aims to alter seawater chemistry, usually by spreading finely ground alkaline minerals like silicates and carbonates in seawater or on coastal lands.
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Macroalgal Open-Ocean Mariculture and Sinking
January 18, 2023
Macroalgae, or seaweeds, are large, plantlike organisms that grow naturally in the ocean and, like land plants, take up and store carbon via photosynthesis.
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Electrochemical Ocean-Based CDR Methods
January 18, 2023
Electricity can be used to remove carbon dioxide from seawater by driving well-understood chemical reactions that either liberate carbon dioxide gas from the seawater for capture and sequestration, or alter seawater’s chemical balances to enable it to store more CO2 than it naturally would.
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Blue Carbon: At a Glance
January 18, 2023
“Blue carbon” methods are a wide-ranging category of nature-based climate solutions that aim to preserve or enhance the ocean’s natural CO2 capture and storage capacity by protecting, restoring, or better managing specific ocean ecosystems.
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REPORT
Non-linear reduction in nitrous oxide emissions through alternative management of groundnut and millets in India
January 18, 2023
Results and discussion of a multi-year nitrous oxide emissions measurement study conducted in semi-arid peninsular India.
OP-ED
WSJ: There’s a climate solution in dairy cows’ stomachs
January 16, 2023
A new partnership will work to reduce methane emissions from production of milk around the world.
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REPORT
Non-linear reduction in nitrous oxide emissions through alternative management of groundnut and millets in India
January 13, 2023
This EDF report shares the results of a multi-year study conducted on five farms in India to measure nitrous oxide emissions from different nitrogen application rates in different cropping systems. It shows that carefully chosen alternative practices (with lower nitrogen rates) can achieve a triple win: farmers get similar or better yields, similar or higher profits, and must lower nitrous oxide emissions.
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ANNUAL REPORT
2022 Impact Report
January 5, 2023
Thanks to our supporters, EDF helped deliver remarkable climate progress around the world in 2022 — including a new U.S. climate law that many had thought impossible.
INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT
What the IRA means for Climate Tech
December 19, 2022
The biggest news is not what the bill contains and where dollars will flow, but how it will significantly change American attitudes towards climate.
EXPERT VOICES
One year later: What’s next for the bipartisan infrastructure law’s historic investments in new climate tech?
December 19, 2022
We spoke with Natasha Vidangos, Senior Director for Climate Innovation and Technology at Environmental Defense Fund, about what’s next for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and how it can help us tackle the climate crisis.
BLOG POST
Key climate finance programs in the Inflation Reduction Act could unleash 10 times more private investment
December 16, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act puts a nearly $370 billion down payment on clean energy and climate progress, making it the most significant climate action ever taken by Congress.
Here's the landmark climate progress you made possible
December 13, 2022
Here's the landmark climate progress you made possible
VIDEO
Watch: How markets can reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly
December 8, 2022
EDF China video on how using carbon markets can help cut greenhouse gas pollution while providing an economic lifeline for the people and communities most at risk.