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By fence-line communities concerned about harmful chemicals that leak along with methane.
By governments — such as China, the EU and U.S. federal and state governments — that are considering ways to tackle methane emissions.
European Commission I have to give EDF credit for having brought methane to the attention of decision-makers around the world.
EDF IMPACT REPORT We have worked with EDF to develop a shared vision of an all-electric future and an aspiration to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035.
Our many meetings with General Motors helped lead to the company’s transformative announcement that it is taking action to sell only zero- emission vehicles by 2035.
a public-private initiative to roll out at ports and warehouses in Southern California — the largest such deployment in North America — which will reduce tailpipe pollution in local communities.
We are working with companies like IKEA and FedEx, both of which have committed to making their deliveries pollution-free.
EDF is urging the Biden administration to establish pollution standards that would help ensure all new cars sold in the U.S. are zero-emission by and freight trucks and buses by 2040 — and many urban trucks and buses as early as 2027.
This would save tens of thousands of lives and cut billions of tons of climate pollution.
Across the nation, communities of color are most exposed to harmful air pollution.
Kim Wasserman, who leads the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, an EDF ally, knows this all too well.
Her group is fighting diesel pollution in Little Village, a busy Latino neighborhood in Chicago.
Fighting for clean air, right here Diesel trucks and buses produce more asthma-inducing nitrogen oxides and particulate pollution than any other highway vehicle.
We fight climate change by making the world’s tropical forests worth more alive than dead.
It’s a game-changer in our fight to save the tropical forests that protect our planet.
Breakthrough investment to save rainforests Two decades ago, EDF and Brazilian partners pioneered the concept of paying those who reduce greenhouse gas emissions by preserving tropical forests.
that idea has blossomed into LEAF (Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance), an innovative fund that aims to save large-scale tropical forests and help the Indigenous people who defend them.
LEAF aims to launch a new international market for tropical nations to sell carbon credits to private companies, where the credits are tied to genuine and verifiable reductions in deforestation at the scale of whole countries or states.
Saving tropical forests is critical to the fight against climate change.
amounts of carbon dioxide, and are home to many Indigenous peoples and forest communities.
They also shelter and sustain more biodiversity than any other terrestrial ecosystem on Earth.
“There is no way to stabilize the climate without protecting tropical forests,” says Steve Schwartzman, EDF’s senior director of tropical forest policy.
What’s next: Carbon markets could help the world double its emissions reductions at no extra cost.
From 2002 through 2019, global tropical forest loss averaged 8.3 million acres a year — an area larger than Belgium.
M “For 20 years, farmers have heard rumors about programs that pay for keeping trees standing.
EDF IMPACT REPORT EDF is a vital partner in Louisiana’s efforts to implement some of the largest, most ambitious ecosystem restoration projects anywhere on the planet.
New protections for storm-battered coasts Plans for the largest individual ecosystem restoration effort in U.S. history reached a major milestone this year, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave the thumbs-up to an EDF-backed plan to restore thousands of acres of precious Louisiana wetlands.
In a state that loses, on average, one football field of land to the sea every project in the Mississippi River Delta will help shield Louisiana’s embattled coastal communities and the city of New Orleans from storm surge and flooding.
work to protect our coasts, and coastal communities, from climate change, which every year pummels the U.S. with stronger, wetter storms and higher seas, placing millions of homes and livelihoods at risk.
the risk of coastal flooding, we are part of a coalition pushing to secure a $seashore and wetland restoration, water quality improvements and more.
In Florida, we helped persuade authorities to expand flood protection efforts to incorporate coral reefs and mangroves, which also play an important role in wildlife protection.
The project will harness the power of the mighty Mississippi River to shift massive amounts of sediment to gradually rebuild and maintain $1.8M One square kilometer of coastal wetlands saves an average of $1.8 million a year in property damage from storms.
Conserving habitat Protecting coastal Louisiana also safeguards habitat for this piping plover chick, one of millions of migratory birds that pass through the region each year.
It’s also a neighborhood where the city placed two landfills, an incinerator, concrete plants and metal recycling facilities, all of which generate air pollution near homes, churches and schools.
Rates of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which can be triggered or exacerbated by this pollution, are among the highest in the city.
SCRO worked with EDF to install a community-owned and -operated network of monitors that will detect local air pollution and help identify its sources.
New hope for drought-plagued California In a bill sponsored by EDF, California pledged $million to help farmers reduce water use in the parched state.
The money, part of a groundbreaking statewide water conservation effort, will help landowners repurpose some areas of farmland to less water-intensive uses such as parks, rangelands or habitat for species like the endangered San Joaquin kit fox (pictured).
We are now working with state water agencies and local landowners to identify the types of projects that could benefit from the program.
The Humboldt Current, off the west coast of South America, is part of one of the world’s most productive ocean ecosystems, providing more than caught globally.
But warming seas and other impacts of climate change are causing fish to move, shifting available catch and potentially sparking international conflict.
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, EDF is helping Chile, Peru and Ecuador share data about changing ocean conditions to develop an online early warning system that will show in real time how climate change is affecting their fisheries.
A vital Earth Helping people and nature thrive Today, more than ever, we must protect people, especially the most vulnerable, from environmental pollution.
Investors deliver major boardroom victory Just coal responsible for more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas pollution.
We are galvanizing investor pressure to compel some of the worst polluters to slash emissions from their operations and business models.
The vote was a clear signal to the oil and gas sector that investors want meaningful climate action.
Together we will use the power of investors to push major oil and gas and transportation companies to rapidly transition to net zero emissions.
“This is a watershed moment for the oil and gas industry and leading investors,” says EDF President Fred Krupp.
over the next A climate imperative Cutting industrial emissions is key to avoiding the worst effects of climate change.
On the ground Nicholas Zuba, an EDF Climate Corps alumnus, has spent his career helping homeowners and businesses fight for a cleaner, healthier environment.
ALAMY.COM EDF Climate Corps expands to India EDF’s summer fellowship program, which trains top graduate students to power environmental progress at leading companies and organizations, is now active in three countries crucial to solving climate change.
The including Amazon, McDonald’s and Mahindra & Mahindra ways to slash carbon emissions and build sustainable supply chains.
One fellow, Kuladeep Kumar Sadevi (pictured), developed a plan for a leading Indian real estate developer to become carbon neutral, including transitioning to zero-emission buildings, by 2035.
“No” to unnecessary pipelines EDF won a major victory in our long-standing fight to stop unnecessary oil and gas pipelines that lock the country into a fossil fuel–dependent future.
The court found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the project even though there was no clearly demonstrated need for additional capacity in the region.
And emissions from planes are expected to rise rapidly, with fuel consumption projected to double from pre-COVID levels by 2050.
To put the industry on a more sustainable flight path, EDF has teamed up with RMI, a clean energy think tank, and corporate partners to launch the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance.
The alliance will help decarbonize aviation by accelerating investment in, and adoption of, sustainable aviation fuels.
By creating a transparent certificate system, SABA will help companies and airlines identify the sustainable aviation fuels capable of substantially reducing airline emissions.
That work paid off in May, when the state passed the nation’s most ambitious limit on climate pollution.
Washington and California are now the only two states with binding, declining limits on emissions across all major sectors of their economies.
Working across boundaries, the Mission Mountain Youth Crew works and learns with the Forest Service and the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes in Montana.
We are grateful for their interest in and work to benefit the National Forest System.
You will also read about our work restoring recreational use cabins on the Tongass and Chugach National Forests in Alaska.
Our work on Tahoe National Forest in California is helping to restore forest resiliency while continuing to collaboratively plan landscape-scale work across boundaries.
hanks to supporters like you, the National Forest Foundation had another year of growth that helps us work with our many partners to create more resilient ecosystems while welcoming new and more diverse audiences to the wonder and awe of the National Forest System.
Our campaign to plant on National Forests continues to progress at a good pace.
We provided facilitation support toward environmental analysis of additional, comprehensive restoration treatments across the Stewardship Agreement with the Forest Service to implement future work.
We commissioned artist Todd Gilens to install an interactive artwork called Reading Forest at Taylor Creek Visitor Center, engaging the public with ideas about forest management and climate resilience.
Tree Planting on a Great Lakes National Forest Michigan’s Hiawatha National Forest straddles against three Great Lakes, creating unique habitat and weather conditions that can quickly change.
The trees will help restore native habitat that was once planted to a monoculture in the early twentieth century, provide streambank stability and riparian shade, and increase habitat for one of North America’s rarest songbirds, the Kirtland’s warbler.
In total, the project planted seedlings across nearly acres of this Great Lakes National Forest. Mission Mountains Youth Crew The Mission Mountains Youth Crew, a summer job program, exposes high school-age youth living on the Flathead Reservation in Western Montana to career pathways in natural resources and helps build a bridge to college.
In the worked for seven weeks, completing stewardship activities on ancestral lands of the Salish and Pend d’Oreille in the Mission Mountains, which today are managed on one side by the Flathead National Forest and on the other by the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes (CSKT).
Working cross boundary, crew members learned from Forest Service and CSKT specialists representing diverse disciplines, including aquatics, wildlife, heritage, and recreation.
Initiative In Northern Arizona we continued to build the Wood for Life partnership in from forest restoration projects with Navajo and Hopi communities who need firewood.
With the closure of a coal-fired power plant and coal mine, the inexpensive heating source for many was lost.
In maintained trails, improved wildlife habitat, planted trees, and talked with thousands of visitors about responsible recreation and a new camping management system.
Restoring Cabins in Alaska The Tongass and Chugach National Forests in Alaska, our nation’s largest National Forests, offer amazing sights to see and explore: temperate rainforests, mountains, tidewater glaciers, bears, whales, salmon, and more.
Many areas of these Forests are remote and rugged.
Luckily, the Forest Service has cabins available for the public to rent allowing for safe exploration of these areas.
Alongside local partners, we’re working to prevent wildfires and support sustainable trails on the Forest.
We’re partnering with the local community to support forest health on Bald Mountain and throughout the Sawtooth National Forest.
Treasured Landscapes • NFF-facilitated Collaboratives•Other NFF-led Projects• NFF Offices acres of wildlife habitat restored or maintained volunteer hours 5,853 volunteers 2,224 youth employed or engaged 2,883 9,600 1,427 419 1,983 3,641 $21,646,162 acres of fuel reduction planned or completed miles of trailwork miles of stream surveyed or restored acres of noxious weeds treated participants in peer learning sessions total conservation value Collectively, the NFF issued 219 grants or contracts in FY 2021.
and private funds, which were leveraged with $in partner-raised funds for a total conservation value of $21,646,162.
Maloha LLC Monarch Mountain New Leaf Detox and Treatment Inc. Northrop Grumman Outbound Financial PAPER PROJECT PBWS Architects Rapid Axis Rare Collectibles TV, LLC Rebellion Energy Services Operating, LLC Red House Architecture Roundup Riders of the Rockies Heritage and Trails Foundation Sandler O’Neill + Partners SequoiaCX Snowshoe Mountain StarQuest Group StayOver Management Strong Tower Consulting Tarbell Family Foundation Team Lawler Customs The Desert Leaf The von Gontard Family Foundation Timberline Lodge TypeHaus, Inc. Ultra Creative, Inc. WaiverSign Walking in Nature Walmart Wild Tribute Wine Nook Woodlake Outdoor, Inc.
Chronic Disease NCOA’s National Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME) Resource Center works to increase access to, and use of, CDSME and other evidence-based programs to help older adults and adults with disabilities live longer, healthier lives.
• Led several initiatives focused on supporting community-based organizations in creating partnerships with health care entities, including intensive learning collaboratives focused on network development and opportunities for partnership with Medicare Advantage plans Falls Prevention The NCOA National Falls Prevention Resource Center supports the implementation, dissemination, and sustainability of evidence-based falls prevention programs and strategies across the nation to reduce the incidence of falls among older adults and adults with disabilities.
NCOA created Age Well Planner to provide a trusted resource for adults to plan their retirement journey and ensure they can meet their goals for healthy aging.
While NCOA’s federal programs were relatively safe from pandemic-related financial impacts, we did experience significant impacts in our ability to solicit non-federal funding in FY21.
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS At Conservation International, we are proud to have some of the leading minds in natural and social science, policy, finance and business working together to improve people’s lives through the care and protection of nature.
Over the last two years, a clear consensus has emerged: Securing the health of Earth’s climate, ecosystems and biodiversity is essential to the survival of all people.
The world now recognizes that environmental collapse will not only disproportionately affect marginalized people, but touch all communities, all businesses, all consumers, all governments, all voters.
For too long, the history of conservation was defined by colonialism and callousness.
Conservation organizations must transform themselves and allow themselves to be transformed.
I have been a part of Conservation International since its inception in 1987.
Dear friends, For decades, Conservation International was swimming against the current.
and conservation an elitist exercise — the dominion of wayfarers, royals and sportsmen.
We had a remarkable year at Conservation International — one that would have felt impossible even a few years ago.
For more than three decades, Conservation International has continuously evolved to meet big challenges and operate in unfamiliar worlds.
They spend their formative years in clear freshwater streams, and then, in the span of a few months, transform for a new life in the ocean.

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