
The Cost of Climate Change

“Climate-related financial risk is still really new,” she says, noting that she often feels like she’s guiding the ship as she’s building it. “There just aren’t a lot of people with my background who are applying climate change research to finance.”
Her background is indeed unique. After majoring in environmental science and minoring in economics at Bucknell, Jordan became an environmental stewardship intern for the Clinton Foundation. She then earned master’s and doctoral degrees in earth and planetary sciences from Johns Hopkins University.
Jordan credits her Bucknell education for encouraging her to chase her passions, even if they didn’t fit neatly into one discipline. “My liberal arts education meant I could go where I was drawn,” she says. “It also helped me develop important critical-thinking skills.”
While she knows there’s no simple fix to climate change, Jordan enjoys playing a part in solving the puzzle. “So much of climate-related risk is uncertain and unknown,” she says. “I’m excited to get up every day and tackle this work.”