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This whitepaper from Evolved Energy Research builds on previous EDF analysis, which examines the current and future carbon inventories for the state of Colorado, addressing two topics: wedge analysis & potential policy levers, and carbon policy discussion.

Not all energy storage is clean. In fact, a growing body of research suggests the battery boom could actually increase greenhouse emissions if not done carefully – undermining the very promise of this new technology.

This EDF report provides a comprehensive comparison of supply chain tracking tools for tropical forest commodities, specifically cattle, soy and timber, currently being used in Brazil. We describe the advantages and challenges of each system, and conclude with a comprehensive comparison.

Study co-authored by EDF of the potential for Environmental Impact Bonds (EIB) to accelerate wetland restoration investments.

A report provides guidance for the oil and gas industry to implement recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

EDF statement from Mary Barber, Director, New Jersey Clean Energy

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities voted in favor of opening the application process for investment solicitations for offshore wind projects.

A new report from EDF and K·Coe Isom AgKnowledge details how conservation can financially benefit farmers and their business partners.

Working with business and government leaders, EDF devised a cap-and-trade approach, written into the 1990 Clean Air Act. A new commodities market was born.

Why aren’t more cities trying this brilliant water protection scheme?

EDF and Quantified Ventures investigate how environmental impact bonds can help make coastal communities more resilient to climate change.

Environmental impact bonds could help the state of Louisiana – and other coastal areas dealing with land loss and sea level rise – restore its rapidly disappearing coast faster, better and for less money, according to a new report by EDF and Quantified Ventures.

Fact sheet for EDF report on how environmental impact bonds can accelerate wetland restoration in Louisiana and beyond.

EDF and Quantified Ventures investigate how environmental impact bonds can help make coastal communities more resilient to climate change.

Hurricane Katrina ravaged the U.S. Gulf coast in 2005, causing about $125 billion in damage.

A report by EDF and China’s Energy Research Institute evaluates China’s national carbon emissions trading market as it becomes fully operational.

With incentives, technology developers can work with public health researchers to unlock solutions allowing us to track exposure to hazardous chemicals.

Risk is a key barrier for financial institutions and capital markets to get involved in wild fisheries investments.

The Principles are designed to provide investors with certainty about the specific challenges and enabling conditions in wild-caught fisheries, while also generating confidence that building environmental and social sustainability into fisheries will yield a strong return on their investment.

A report from EDF and APPRISE details the opportunity from increased investment and focus on low-income energy efficiency and outlines steps to get there.

A landscape of available sources of finance for REDD+ and climate action in forests

Coupling energy storage with renewable energy will transform how we buy, sell and use energy over the next decade.

This whitepaper examines the approach taken by the New York Public Service Commission (“NYPSC”) and sheds light on the elements that must be included for electric utility modernization efforts to yield maximum environmental benefits.

This report from EDF and the Nicholas Institute at Duke University defines the core challenge for fisheries finance, or the "fisheries finance gap", and explores opportunities to combine different types of capital in in support of sustainable wild-capture fisheries

A roadmap for accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean transportation in the state.