Climate Finance Action

05/16/2026

We’re back for Day 2!

05/15/2026

05/15/2026

We’re checking in at the Workers Revive Democracy 2026 National Conference today!

05/15/2026

CFA advisor and longtime organizer Beverly Ortiz has spent her career doing exactly what American Agitators is about, building power with workers, one conversation at a time.

Now she is part of the team behind a film that traces that tradition from Fred Ross Sr. to the Fight for $15 to education justice campaigns happening right now.

If you are in the LA or Santa Barbara area, this is worth your time.

Screening May 15 - 21.

Learn more: https://www.americanagitators.com/screenings

05/14/2026

In case you missed it, CFA's own wrote for Labor Notes about how union members are pushing back, showing up, and winning when it comes to pension investments.

From teachers in Minnesota to transit workers in Oregon to environmental staffers in Washington state, workers are learning that their $6.7 trillion in retirement savings is a tool and they are using it.

Worth a read. Worth a share.

📖 https://labornotes.org/blogs/2026/04/its-our-money-union-members-fight-good-public-pension-investments

Photo: Labor Notes \\ Mullissa Willette

Union members in many states and cities are pushing for a stronger voice in pension investments. And sometimes they’re actually winning: They’re holding pension boards accountable and advocating for investments that insure worker protections, climate resiliency, and decent retirement benefits. P...

05/13/2026

Honestly? Pension finance shouldn't feel this inaccessible. It's your money. You earned it. You deserve to understand what's being done with it.

That's what our monthly newsletter is for. We demystify the stuff that matters — climate risk, worker power, what's happening in state pension funds — so you can show up to the conversation ready.

Come join us: https://climatefinanceaction.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ba25bef28ae8b45c469fc3c58&id=56ac7c762c

05/11/2026

Public capital should serve people and the planet. If you believe that, too, support our work with a donation.

Learn more: https://www.climatefinanceaction.org/donate

05/08/2026

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And while we don't often talk about it this way, financial uncertainty is one of the biggest drivers of anxiety and stress that workers carry.

A dignified retirement is peace of mind. It's knowing that the decades you put in are being protected by people who are accountable to you.

That's what CFA's tools are built for — to help workers and other public pension stakeholders understand their pension, ask better questions, and build the confidence to engage. Because knowing is better than worrying.

Explore our resources at https://www.climatefinanceaction.org/download-resources

05/07/2026

One of the most common question we get about pensions and climate: why don't funds just divest from fossil fuels?

It's a fair question. But pension governance is more complicated than selling one set of stocks and buying another, and understanding why unlocks a more powerful set of tools for workers and trustees.

Our latest blog breaks it down, starting with a house that's already sinking: https://www.climatefinanceaction.org/blog/why-pension-climate-strategy-is-bigger-than-one-tool

05/06/2026

We are proud to share that CFA organizer has a piece out in Labor Notes — one of the most trusted voices in the labor movement.

Dan's article makes the case that union members across the country are already winning the fight for a stronger voice in how their pension savings are invested, from CalPERS incorporating labor standards to Oregon's decarbonization plan to Washington state workers building dialogue with their pension board.

This is exactly the work CFA exists to support. Read it and share it with your network:

Union members in many states and cities are pushing for a stronger voice in pension investments. And sometimes they’re actually winning: They’re holding pension boards accountable and advocating for investments that insure worker protections, climate resiliency, and decent retirement benefits. P...

05/04/2026

“Just transition” sounds nice until you ask: who’s being protected?

Because right now, a lot of workers are being asked to adapt to changes they didn’t design.

In a new blog, we break down what a just transition requires (and why your pension has more to do with it than you think).

Read it now at https://www.climatefinanceaction.org/blog/what-does-a-just-transition-mean-and-why-does-it-matter-to-workers