Sustainable Finance

The expected return of the El Niño weather pattern, supercharged by climate change, is shaping up to be the next test for a global economy already strained by the fallout from the Iran war.  El Niño occurs every few years when trade winds of the tropical Pacific weaken and the ocean warms up. It typically …

The Colorado River is running dangerously low, and the seven Western states that rely on it can’t agree on how to share what’s left. A deal deadline came and went in February, leading the federal government to threaten its own solution—one that would keep the dams generating power, but likely bring painful cuts to water …

Each year, the Marquette Sustainability Lab, led by Christopher K. Merker, Ph.D., CFA, produces a report on the state of the sustainability economy. This report identifies the root causes of our current sustainability recession and offers tangible guidance to CFOs, utility planners, engineers, investment managers, city managers and procurement leads. The report is timed to …

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