The road to a sustainable future starts now. This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference — COP29 — marks a crucial moment for global climate action. While we face the challenges of climate change today, we have the opportunity to create a safer and healthier world.
By shifting to clean energy, making food production more sustainable and protecting our planet’s wondrous ecosystems, we can help build a vital Earth for all.
At COP29, Environmental Defense Fund is working with partners to drive progress on these key challenges, with a focus on ensuring all communities have the funding they need to meet climate goals. Please join us.
News and announcements from COP29
Read some of our key updates on important issues at the U.N. climate conference.
- Press release
EDF statement on COP29 outcome, new climate finance goal, Article 6
- Press release
Historic Article 6 decision at COP29 — after much debate, a reasoned solution
- Blog post
Effective participation and engagement of Indigenous peoples and local communities at COP29
- Press release
New report outlines need for quality interventions in climate finance goal under discussion at COP29
- Expert Voices
The progress the world must make at the UN climate conference
EDF’s key priorities for COP29
We’re working with partners to advance climate action in these areas, emphasizing ambition and accountability:
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Energy transition
Pollution from burning fossil fuels harms our health and warms the climate. It is critical that countries move from dirty to clean energy — ensuring a just and equitable energy transition that improves the well-being of people and the planet.
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Sustainable food
Climate change disrupts food supplies. And modern food production fuels climate change. Reimagining the way we grow, harvest and raise food is crucial for stabilizing the climate, sustaining the livelihoods of farmers, ranchers and fishers, and feeding the world.
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Natural climate solutions
Nature is critical to our climate future and communities around the world. Thriving forests, lands and oceans store carbon and support people’s livelihoods. As countries update their climate commitments, they must include actions to restore and protect biodiversity.
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Quality climate finance
Meeting global climate goals will require the world to rapidly increase the amount of money going toward climate action in developing countries. We must ensure that climate finance is available to the communities that need it — without creating new costs or burdens.
COP29 events schedule
EDF will participate in a variety of events at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Nov. 11-22, to drive progress on solving the climate crisis.
Meet our team driving climate action at COP29
Fred Krupp
President
President
MEDIA CONTACT
Sommer Yesenofski
(949) 257-8768 (office)
Past events on the road to COP29
EDF took part in key global events throughout the year, each building toward meaningful action at COP29 and beyond.
UN Biodiversity Conference — COP16
Conservation and climate action must go hand-in-hand. At COP16, EDF worked to advance solutions for protecting nature and its benefits to people and the planet.
Climate Week NYC
Explore EDF’s work at Climate Week NYC, where we zeroed in on key priorities: energy, sustainable food, natural climate solutions and climate finance.
Expert commentary
EDF experts share in-depth analysis, focusing on important issues at COP29.
Getting climate finance right at COP29: Key issues to address in Baku
Juan Pablo Hoffmaister
Associate Vice President, Global Engagement and Partnerships
At COP29, Article 6 must deliver on urgent finance for forests and Indigenous communities
Pedro Martins Barata
Associate Vice President, Carbon Markets and Private Sector Decarbonization
To feed a growing population, farmers need quality financing to flow
Jennifer Chow
Senior Director, Climate-Resilient Food Systems
Climate finance and accountability at COP29
Leslie Labruto
Managing Director, Sustainable Finance
Supporting the global dairy industry in driving down methane
Vrashabh Kapate
Senior Manager, Global Dairy Industry, EDF+Business
Nature is our best defense against climate change
Amanda Leland
Executive Director