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 will work 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.
Highlights on the road to COP29
Get news and insights from EDF experts about pressing issues on the road to COP29.
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 leading up to COP29.
To increase climate ambition, we need to change how we think about money
Zach Cohen
Senior Analyst, Global Climate Cooperation
Road to COP29: Will hydrogen help us meet our climate goals?
Beth Trask
Vice President, Global Energy Transition
Nature is our best defense against climate change
Amanda Leland
Executive Director
To meet our climate goals, we need climate plans backed by science and economics
Juan Pablo Hoffmaister
Associate Vice President, Global Engagement and Partnerships
Climate Week NYC kicks off a critical window for climate action
Angela Churie Kallhauge
Executive Vice President, Impact