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As groundwater depletion accelerates amid climate change and growing agricultural demands, integrating Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) into water management strategies can safeguard India’s water security and resilience. Groundwater has sustained human societies for thousands of years, serving as a critical shared resource. However, the current rate of extraction — driven largely by climate change,

This site provides information to help communities facilitate full lead service line replacement.

Statement from Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund 

  Negotiations at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan, COP29, are now picking up. Global leaders are tasked with deciding on a new goal for how much money will be provided to developing countries to take climate action. The New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance represents a critical opportunity to reshape how …

Agriculture is both a driver of climate change and on the frontlines of climate impacts. A variety of farming practices, technologies and system changes can reduce emissions to help stabilize the climate and build resilience to help protect global food production. However, a lack of access to fit-for-purpose finance keeps farmers from transitioning to climate-smart …

  Today, November 14, is Finance Day at COP29. We caught up with Leslie Labruto, EDF’s Managing Director for Sustainable Finance, about what she’s watching for at COP29, the United Nations’ climate change talks in Baku, Azerbaijan. Follow Leslie on LinkedIn. Q: You’re in Baku for COP29. What key issues are on your radar? A:

New standards must include nature-based solutions – and the communities that protect these resources The post At COP29, Article 6 must deliver on urgent finance for forests and Indigenous communities appeared first on Climate 411.

The emerging hydrogen market presents opportunities and risks for investors. These key principles and due diligence questions offer a guide.

The emerging hydrogen market presents opportunities and risks for investors. These key principles and due diligence questions offer a guide.

Sustainability-linked loan signals that major financial institutions are looking to direct more financing toward their customers’ sustainability efforts in innovative ways.

The farmer-owned cooperative will be able to leverage CoBank's new loan to expand conservation programs that enhance Iowa communities’ water quality

By Kae Tuitt and Lindsay Shigetomi Fleet electrification comes with unique challenges, yet fleets are finding ways to overcome these obstacles and put zero-emission vehicles on the road because the benefits are worth it. A zero-emission fleet leads to less air pollution, improved community health, new business prospects and financial savings such as lower maintenance …

Slashing methane pollution is the fastest, most cost-effective way to immediately slow our current rate of global warming and cut energy waste.

Statement of EDF Executive Director Amanda Leland

This blog was authored by Milloni Doshi, Project Manager, Global Engagement and Partnerships and Annie Mark, Senior Director, Global Partnerships. The Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a global meeting focused on conserving nature. Unlike the United Nations’ larger annual climate conferences, CBD meetings are usually smaller …

As countries discuss a new goal on climate finance at the UN climate conference, COP29, we have an opportunity to boost the impact of every dollar we invest in climate action.   In climate finance, impact represents the measurable, positive outcomes achieved through climate action—determined by tracking specific metrics like emissions reductions, adaptation results, co-benefits, and …

EDF Statement from Fred Krupp, President and Amanda Leland, Executive Director

Statement of EDF California State Director Katelyn Roedner Sutter - November 6, 2024

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowans face the threat of economic harm and damage to public health from severe storms and other extreme weather events.

Study from EDF and Black & Veatch aims to provide utilities and regulators with tools and strategies to support proactive grid planning for M/HDV distribution grid upgrades.

Many Texans are under enormous and increasing financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.

More than one million North Carolinians have filed for unemployment, and countless small businesses have shuttered.

Arizonans face the growing threat of additional economic harm and damage to public health from excessive heat, drought and other extreme weather events.

The annual number of billion-dollar weather disasters has increased and the cost of inaction is putting a strain on disaster response and recovery budgets.