UW News
Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer
October 29, 2021
How public pension funds can help address climate change
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Ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference that begins Oct. 31, the University of Washington’s Michael McCann and Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer talk about the extensive investment of public pension funds — the retirement plan of millions of U.S. workers — in fossil fuels.