Climate Finance Education
Understanding how the financial system contributes to the climate crisis and demanding it is part of the solution is one of the single most impactful things we can do.
Many stakeholders and community members are unfamiliar with the role that capital can play as a lever in deterring climate catastrophe. Many are also unfamiliar with the very real and rising climate risk affecting pension funds and other public funds.
But public employees and community members are essential partners in ensuring that public funds both address the risks of climate change and drive toward a more sustainable economy. That being said, pension funds represent the secure retirement for millions of workers and are not to be mucked about with lightly. We create resources to help people understand how pension funds are used to fuel the climate crisis and the solutions to manage risk.
We have trained over 1000 advocates, students, stakeholders, and beneficiaries.
CFA provides education and training for unions, climate justice groups, conservations groups, socially conscious investors, students, and others. We aim to equip individuals with information and the confidence they need to engage as beneficiaries, voters, tax-payers, and climate justice advocates.
If your group would like an online training, please reach out at the form below. We prioritize delivering training to groups connected to or interested in ongoing campaigns, but we also do a limited number of general and state-specific trainings, and we can make sure you’re on the invite list for the next one.
Our trainings include:
Overview of shareholder power: how it works and why it is an underused lever on climate change
The power of public pension funds to account for climate risk and drive change
Engaging your state or city treasurers and controllers.
The role of asset managers like Blackrock and Vanguard on the climate crisis– and what we can do about it.