Environmental Defense Fund Europe

We are Environmental Defense Fund Europe, part of the global nonprofit organization Environmental Defense Fund. We use our expertise in science, economics and international policy to deliver bold, game-changing climate solutions to the region’s most serious environmental challenges in a way that adds unique value to the vibrant European civil society active in building a sustainable society. We are known for innovative private-sector and scientific partnerships that speed up the transition to an equitable global net-zero economy.

Energy Transition

We’re working with partners across the region, across the public and private sectors, to use the power of markets and technology to drive down emissions quickly and affordably — and to shift the world to clean energy as fast as possible. We are leading scientific efforts around methane emissions across the region and are exploring how power sources like hydrogen affect climate change.

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Transport

We focus on those sectors that cannot be directly electrified, where emissions continue to grow and our scientific expertise can support balanced decision making for ships, aircraft and heavy-duty vehicles. We are also engaging with air quality problems in Europe, which continue to be the top environmental health risk to Europeans, through scientific monitoring and analysis and policy follow-up.

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Food & Farming

We are working alongside farmers to find solutions that work while protecting their livelihoods, bridging the gap between science, policy and ambitious corporate engagement to reduce methane and other greenhouse gases from agriculture in an impactful way to meet EU targets.

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Sustainable Finance

To achieve its carbon neutrality targets, the European Union will need to increase the annual level of investment toward these targets from €330 billion in 2022 to €530 billion in 2030. Much of this increase will need to come from private finance. Our goal is to help redirect financial flows towards activities and projects that support the decarbonisation of the real economy, with a particular focus on shipping, agriculture, oil & gas and hydrogen. We leverage EDF’s sectoral and scientific expertise and collaborate with financial institutions to identify real world tools and solutions. We work with policymakers and standard-setters to advocate for policies and frameworks that support the greening of the financial sector.

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Since 1967, Environmental Defense Fund has used science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to bring a new voice for practical solutions.

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