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RISDoC participants are building a more resilient future in Cuba. Check out a few of their key priorities in this blog post. The post Sharing innovative solutions to build climate resilience in Cuban coastal communities first appeared on Growing Returns.

As a major next step in achieving New York’s climate targets, Governor Hochul and state agency officials are developing rules for a cap-and-invest program. A bold and equitable program would aggressively cut climate pollution, while supporting and investing in clean and healthy communities around the state. This rulemaking could be game-changing for New York — …

A circular economy is a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimized by narrowing energy and material loops.

This blog was authored by Holly Pearen, Lead Counsel for People & Nature at the Environmental Defense Fund. Proposed Guidance from Financial Market Regulators Could Improve Integrity and Transparency in the Voluntary Carbon Market Many of the world’s largest companies have committed to net zero, and high-quality carbon credits are increasingly seen as a key tool …

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released draft guidance for regulated exchanges that list carbon credit based derivatives. While voluntary, the guidance will clarify CFTC’s expectations regarding the quality of carbon credits eligible for delivery into futures contracts. The Commission authorized a 75-day comment period, during which EDF will work closely with partners to develop detailed comments. 

Among all energy companies, NOCs have some of the lowest development and production costs, and will likely be the ones lifting the last barrel from the ground.

Statement from Pedro Piris-Cabezas, Senior Director, Global Transportation and Lead Senior Economist at Environmental Defense Fund

In early December, the EDF climate-smart agriculture team will join hundreds of farmers, food and agriculture companies, university experts and other conservation organizations at the 2023 Sustainable Agriculture Summit, “Scaling Collective Impact: Collaborating to Accelerate Agricultural Sustainability.” This conference is one of the largest annual gatherings of people working to improve sustainability in U.S. agriculture,

Financed emissions reporting by the six biggest US banks doesn’t show if they’re improving. Focusing on methane can yield results.

Less than eight percent of the global economy is considered circular, a decline over the past five years. But a new report from EDF and Deloitte introduces a framework for companies to advance circular action through new policy changes, growing resale markets, recent technological developments and rising consumer demand for sustainable products that are improving the value equation for companies.

Today, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) released the results from Washington’s second Allowance Price Containment Reserve (APCR) auction, held on November 8th. At this auction, all 5 million available APCR allowances were sold at the Tier 1 price of $51.90. This auction, along with three previous sold-out cap-and-invest auctions, continues to show strong …

New EDF Economics Discussion Paper reviews the instrument options available to policy makers to address methane emissions from the coal sector during the coal phase-out. This paper complements previous EDF research focusing on instruments options for methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.   Coal use is one of the major sources of CO2 globally,

New York City, along with the rest of the mid-Atlantic, is seeing more extreme rainfall events that overwhelm local infrastructure and lead to localized, but often severe, flooding. These flash floods can impose myriad costs on residents from lost income when businesses are interrupted to higher commuting costs when transit is flooded to the need …

ExxonMobil faces an investor vote that could help catalyze a much-needed transition toward a clean energy future.

Voluntary carbon markets are a source of much-needed finance to help the agriculture sector realize its potential for climate mitigation. Still, carbon credit buyers face challenges in differentiating carbon credits that represent real and verifiable climate impact, based on the latest science and best practices in a crowded marketplace. It takes due diligence to get …

By Sean Hackett The dire need to slash greenhouse gas and methane emissions from the global oil and gas sector is driving a surge of investors to advocate for stronger climate policies that accelerate the energy transition and mitigate risks. The transition to a low-carbon economy is already well underway. By embracing climate policies and …

Three agencies that are the backbone of U.S. banking regulation have developed joint guidance on how banks should manage the monetary risks of the climate crisis.

Whatever you call it — sustainable, ethical or socially responsible — green investing is readily available, and already paying dividends. 

Data from Environmental Defense Fund and WSP USA shows Nevadans who buy some popular models of electric cars or passenger trucks will save a lot of money in the first 10 years of ownership.

As the effects of climate change continue to unfold, all communities across the U.S. will face a wider range of risks. However, some communities will be more affected by those risks due to greater exposure and limited ability to recover from their effects.   For two neighboring communities in Detroit, the U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index, a …

California has two brand-new laws that require large companies operating in California to disclose their risks from climate change — a vitally important step that will help ensure investors have the information they need to make prudent financial decisions.