By: Mike Wood

The collision between a rapidly changing climate and a globalized, “just-in-time” economy has moved from a future threat to a present-day financial reality. In 2026, climate-driven disruptions are no longer one-off events but structural pressures that have fundamentally altered the viability of conventional investment strategies. In response, investors large and small are beginning to shift their holdings from portfolios that further degrade and destabilize the supporting socio-economic and environmental systems that underpin our global economy, toward investments that reduce instability and build systemic resilience. But the pace of change is not nearly fast enough. Sustainability-based investing of the sort described below must play a much larger role in shaping a future we all want to live in. 

“The thing about teenagers, however, is no matter how headstrong and brave they might be, they still need someone in their corner.

That’s the idea driving the Montana Youth Climate Mentorship network, an emerging program co-led by Families for a Livable Climate (FLC) and Park County Environmental Council (PCEC). The mentorship network, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is intended to build a bridge between high school and college students that are passionate about the climate work they are doing now and into the future.”

Sentinel High School students spent two days this week getting their hands dirty — planting 35 new trees to restore their campus after losing several in a July 2024 windstorm and shade their school in the future.

Families for a Livable Climate is thankful to have been a partner on an inspiring series of webinars during the Spring of 2025. This series was in partnership with ResilienceMT, Families for a Livable Climate, Park County Environmental Council, University of Montana, and Montana State University.

Our Beyond Plastics Working Group is currently focused on building a coalition of citizens and organizations in Missoula, MT to reduce the harm caused by single-use plastics.

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, Judge Kathy Seeley in the First Judicial District Court of Montana ruled wholly in favor of the youth plaintiffs in the landmark climate lawsuit, Held v. State of Montana. Our Montana youth WON!

Read details about the decision, watch a recap of our public celebration of the ruling, and learn about ways to stay engaged.