We push for rules to build resilience and enable a just and equitable transition. Requiring regulators, financial institutions, and other corporations to reckon with the costs of climate change is an important part of the puzzle.
The rising costs and decreased availability of insurance as a result of increasingly severe climate change-driven disasters, coupled with inadequate insurance regulation, is a growing crisis contributing to housing unaffordability. We are bringing people together to develop and demand community-led solutions that advance climate, housing, and racial justice.
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Insurance insiders speak out: The industry will not protect society from climate change
By Alex Martin, Policy Director, Climate Finance and Caroline Nagy, Associate Director of Housing Policy Today, senior level insurance insiders issued a wake-up call in a new report, “Sounding the Alarm,” released by Inside Track, that details their decades of cumulative experience in the industry. Their exposé confirms what we’ve long suspected: our long-term climate…
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Press Releases
Press Release: CARB’s Watered Down GHG Disclosure Proposal Would Let Major Polluters Off the Hook
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering proposing a watered down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standard within its landmark climate disclosure program for large companies doing business in California.
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CU Daily: Dem Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Require Large Bank Holding Cos. to Take Steps to Reduce Emissions
Alex Martin, climate finance policy director at Americans for Financial Reform, said continued financing of fossil fuel expansion increases risks to the public and the financial system.
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New Bedford Guide: Massachusetts Sen. Markey, Reps. Tlaib, Pressley Sponsor Bill That Would End Financing for Fossil Projects In 60 Days
“Major US banks’ ongoing finance for fossil fuel expansion is driving worsening climate change and putting the entire financial system and public at risk,” said Alex Martin, Climate Finance Policy Director at Americans for Financial Reform.“The Fossil Free Finance Act would recognize the role that fossil fuel finance plays in driving climate-related financial risk, and…
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CorpGov: Why CalPERS Needs a Fossil-Fuel Private Equity Scorecard
My request was prompted by the recently released 2026 Private Equity Climate Risks Scorecard & Report, produced by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, and Global Energy Monitor.
CorpGov: Why CalPERS Needs a Fossil-Fuel Private Equity Scorecard
Press Release: CARB’s Watered Down GHG Disclosure Proposal Would Let Major Polluters Off the Hook
