Environmental Defense Fund Europe (Stichting Environmental Defense Fund International)
Budget
€7,891,952
EP Access
6
accredited persons
Staff
11
8.3 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Environmental Defense Fund Europe is an affiliate organization of Environmental Defense fund. Environmental Defense Fund has a 50-year track record of using economics, science and partnerships to provide pragmatic solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problems. Environmental Defense Fund Europe works in the heart of decision making in Brussels and across Europe. We collaborate with politicians, policy makers, businesses and academia to hasten the transition to a carbon free economy, develop and implement ambitious environmental policies across Europe, and share learnings from Europe to other parts of the globe. By developing a significant presence in Brussels and raising our profile as a global organisation, we will ensure that we can disseminate the best science and economics to achieve cohesive solutions that are effective locally, regionally and globally.
EU Legislative Interests
- Proposal for a regulation on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector - Directive and Regulation on gas markets and hydrogen - Proposal for a revision of the ETS Directive - EU Emissions Trading System for buildings, road transport, and additional sectors (ETS2) - FuelEU Maritime - ReFuelEU Aviation revision - Circular Economy Action Plan - Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation - Proposal for an Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation - Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive - Clean Deal - Proposal for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 - Carbon Removal Certification Framework - European Climate Law Revision (2040 Target) - Energy Union package - Revised EU Hydrogen Strategy - Green Claims Directive
Communication Activities
Meetings with Decision makers in Commission Dept. European Parliament: Sharing information on our activities for example see below: • Event on 20 November 2024 ‘Environmental and safety challenges of the hydrogen economy’ • Event on 26 June 2025 ‘Hydrogen on the Horizon: Science, Data and Policy in Action’ • Report released in December 2024 ‘Controlling Emissions in a European hydrogen economy’ • Open letter released on 2 June 2025 ‘Methane emissions accounting in low-carbon hydrogen delegated act risk undermining EU climate targets’ • Open letter released on 16 December 2024 ‘More stringent rules for blue hydrogen based on fossil gas in the low-carbon fuels delegated act are needed to ensure a level of playing field for renewable fuels of non-biological origin’ +3 ag: • Event on 25 September 2025 ‘Sowing solutions: Science & Policy for a sustainable and thriving EU agriculture’ • Report released on 25 September 2025 ‘Leveraging the common agricultural policy to accelerate livestock emission reductions’ • Open letter released on 7 February 2025 ‘Inclusion of focus on methane emissions in the Vision for Agriculture and Food’ • EDF Europe Annual review 2024 • EDF Europe Annual review 2023 • Report released on 1st October 2021: ‘How EU Methane action can slow global warming’ • Event on 8th December 2021: ‘The role of Europe's ETS in decarbonising global shipping’ • Report released on 8th December 2021: ‘Harnessing the EU ETS to reduce international shipping emissions’ • Event on February 3rd 2022: ‘EU Methane regulation - How can policymakers raise ambition?’ • Event on 28 June 2022: Reducing methane emissions – Maintaining ambition in turbulent times’ as part of EP Intergroup on Climate Change, - Biodiversity and Sustainable Development • Event on 13th July 2022: EFRAG/NGOs/Trade Unions Joint Outreasch event on EFRAG draft ESRS exposure drafts. • 'Climate Consequences of Hydrogen Emission (paper July 2020 ‘Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics' – Dr Ocko / Dr Hamburg • 'Sowing Solutions': Ag Science event
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
N.A
Organisation Members
http://www.edf.org https://www.efrag.org - European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) https://slocat.net https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-themes/sustainable-transport/european-sustainable-shipping-forum_en https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-themes/clean-transport-urban-transport/alternative-fuels-sustainable-mobility-europe/renewable-and-low-carbon-fuels-value-chain-industrial-alliance_en https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/industry/strategy/industrial-alliances/european-clean-hydrogen-alliance_en https://www.biodiversa.eu/
Additional Information
#SustainablePublicAffairs is Environmental Defense Fund Europe intermediary.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.