Peter Fusaro

Peter is a New York Times best selling author, global thought leader focused on climate change investment and the Energy Transition for many decades. Since Earth Day 1970, he has been focused on energy & environmental issues that enhance economic development & human health through innovative clean energy technology. He is passionate about ESG & impact investing, particularly in carbon emissions reductions. He has been involved in several cleantech startups as an Advisor, Judge in the Cleantech Open for the Northeast, & Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Columbia Tech Ventures. 

Peter is Founder of the 25th Annual Wall Street Green Summit held on March 10 and 11, 2026 in New York & focused on the nexus of finance and technology. The Summit is one of the longest running & most comprehensive events in the Sustainable Finance in the world hosting over 9,000 participants.

Peter wrote the New York Times best seller, “What Went Wrong at Enron” as well as 16 other books on energy & the environment with noted global publishers such as Wiley, McGraw-Hill, & Oxford University Press. His 900 page book “Energy and Environmental Project Finance Law & Taxation” published by Oxford is used as a primer at graduate school courses throughout the world. 

Peter was a professor at Columbia University creating & teaching a course on Renewable Energy Project Finance to second year graduate students where he taught financial modelling. Peter has lectured at leading universities including MIT, Columbia, Yale, Carnegie-Mellon, Wharton, Northwestern, Univ. of Michigan, Oxford, Univ. of Chicago, Tufts & London Business School. His belief is that economic transformation to sustainability cannot occur without the massive engagement of young professionals & he has mentored over 300 college undergraduate & graduate students on career development & opened doors for their professional careers.

Peter has 50 years of experience in clean energy & environmental innovation, both in the private and public sectors & believes we are in the beginning stages of a Global Energy Transformation into sustainability. He is a recognized expert in ClimateTech, ESG, & Carbon Markets, & recognized with Lifetime Achievement Award in Who’s Who in America. He has a proven track record of sourcing capital from strategic investors, venture funds for revenue-generating companies that want to scale & commercialize their climate change technology. On the advisory boards of ClimaTwins, Global Green Street and Power to Hydrogen.