State and local pension funds manage billions in assets, yet much of that capital isn’t reaching climate-resilient projects in their own communities.
What’s holding funds back from investing locally while strengthening long-term returns?
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Stop staring at the black box and start moving the needle on climate resilience and worker rights.
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🗓️ March 11th, 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT
📌 Experienced advocates from Climate Finance Action, WA AFSCME, and more.
The problem? Institutional barriers keep funds from investing at the scale needed.
The opportunity? High-potential, long-term investments that strengthen both portfolios and local communities.
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Our latest white paper highlights something surprising: Some of the strongest climate-resilient investment opportunities are happening inside the state lines most pension funds rarely consider. Think:
➡️ Upgraded water systems
➡️ Resilient housing
➡️ Stronger energy grids
Most people talk about long-term market risk as something abstract. But for public pension funds, it’s already shaping state economies, infrastructure, and long-term returns.
Your support helps Climate Finance Action equip trustees, unions, and public officials with the tools and clarity needed to steward pension funds in a changing economy.
If this work matters to you, your donation helps sustain it.
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Our new white paper, Unlocking State Power, highlights real-world examples from New York, California, and Maryland of state pension funds successfully integrating climate considerations into their local investment strategies.
CFA works alongside unions to demystify pension systems, increase transparency, and build the knowledge and confidence workers need to influence how their funds are governed and invested.
Learn more about how we support worker-led pension engagement:
Join us to learn how to turn your climate concerns into strategic impact. We’re demystifying "fiduciary duty" and sharing practical ways to influence the people who manage your retirement.
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Our paper shows how funds can overcome barriers, secure returns, and create quality in-state jobs by fortifying your state against long term physical risk.
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Long-term public capital deserves long-term, strategic thinking. Autopilot isn’t a strategy.
We’re inviting workers to take part in a short survey designed to center worker perspectives in conversations about pensions and climate risk. Responses will be shared anonymously, helping show how climate impacts real people.
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For many public employees, pension funds feel like a "black box." We’re breaking it open and talking about framing that connects with the key decision-makers in a Fund.
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If you believe public capital should protect workers and the future they’re retiring into, consider supporting our work.
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Public pension funds manage trillions of dollars, but many still aren’t investing in climate-resilient infrastructure close to home.
Learn more:
Our latest blog, "Why In-State Climate Investment is a Fiduciary Opportunity for Public Pension Funds," unpacks why structural barriers keep funds from acting and how in-state investments can deliver long-term returns while strengthening local economies.
Your donation to Climate Finance Action supports the quiet, essential work behind policy shifts, trustee education, union engagement, and the tools that help workers and public officials turn concern into action.
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Climate resilience = economic security!
Your pension fund could be investing locally in vital infrastructure & resilience projects.
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In this guest blog, Rob Karpati explores how improving standards in artisanal and small-scale mining can reduce systemic risk and create long-term investment opportunities aligned with fiduciary duty.
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When fiduciary duty gets filtered through outdated tools. 😅
Climate change is a labor and retirement issue. Workers see this firsthand, but their perspectives are rarely reflected in pension investment decisions.
Fulfilling fiduciary duty means managing systemic physical and market risks and opportunities.
Our research details the organizational shifts needed to move from passive awareness to actively maximizing in-state resilience investing.
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This short survey collects anonymous insights from union members about climate impacts, pension security, and the role unions can play in responsible investing.
Help make worker experience visible.
👉 Share your voice in the survey:
🔗 Read the full CFA blog to see why labor and climate standards belong at the center of pension investing: www.climatefinanceaction.org/blog/workfor...
Research shows companies that invest in workers deliver better returns, and pension funds are starting to connect the dots. Climate resilience and workforce protections aren’t competing priorities; together, they help secure long-term retirement outcomes.
Our white paper shows how in-state climate resilience investments, from water systems to energy grids and housing, can deliver stable returns while strengthening the communities that pension beneficiaries call home.
Download now to see what’s possible: www.climatefinanceaction.org/white-paper-...
Public employees and retirees deserve real access to the systems that manage their retirement savings.
CFA works alongside unions to demystify pension systems, increase transparency, and build the knowledge and confidence workers need to influence how their funds are governed and invested.
Our research explores:
👉🏼 The governance gaps that keep funds from investing in upgraded water systems and modernized energy grids.
👉🏼 How to confidently pursue resilient investments that create local economic value.
Read the full analysis: www.climatefinanceaction.org/white-paper-...
The work of strengthening pension governance, protecting retirement security, and addressing climate risk doesn’t happen by accident.
If you believe public capital should protect workers and the future they’re retiring into, consider supporting our work: www.climatefinanceaction.org/donate
The key to unlocking competitive, long-term returns lies in overcoming organizational barriers to focus on in-state infrastructure modernization.
Read the full analysis on shifting your fund from caution to confidence: www.climatefinanceaction.org/white-paper-...
