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“‘Climate gentrification’—the idea that climate change and natural disasters drive lower-income people out and let higher-income people rebuild or move in—has become a popular research topic.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

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Thank you @businessinsider.com for sharing my perspectives in your documentary film on #wildfires, #housing, #landuse #planning and #climate change in #California. youtu.be/WJhqu5_HzBU?...

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See our new paper in Earth System Governance that evaluates National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) around the world to understand the state of planning and policy for human mobility in the face of #climatechange doi.org/10.1016/j.es... (open access)

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Thanks to @annamphillips.bsky.social at the @washingtonpost.com for highlighting my recent work with @keenanclimate.com related to fintech mortgage lending in CA wildfire zones #fintech #mortgage #wildfires #California urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

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Thank you @washingtonpost.com for taking the time to cover our research on the adaptation and maladaptation of #mortgage markets. #California #wildfires #housing www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

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See your new paper in re #compoundevents wildfires + floods impacting critical infrastructure in #California www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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See my commentary @whyy.org w/ @cityplanning.bsky.social in re long-term land use, mode choice, and carbon implications for rail cuts in #Philly at #SEPTA whyy.org/articles/phi...

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See my commentary @bloomberg.com in re Florida real estate and the non-cyclical value reset. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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My commentary @nytimes.com in re the ending of NOAA's reporting on billion-dollar disasters. “It defies logic,” [I] said. Without the database, “the U.S. government’s flying blind as to the cost of extreme weather and climate change.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...

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Thank you ABC News for having me on to talk climate change at this critical time in American history.

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Thank you @cnn.com for having me on to talk #Climatechange #adaptation gaps without NCA6

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My commentary @whyy.org in re Philadelphia's carbon inventory report and significant accomplishments (for now)...on a per capita basis Philly is on part with Copenhagen and Vienna...https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-carbon-emissions-report/

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My commentary @wsj.com in re National Climate Assessment postmortem www.wsj.com/science/envi...

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My thoughts @nytimes.com in re what we miss out on without a National Climate Assessment www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...

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See my article @sciam.bsky.social w/ @ypanfil.bsky.social @newamerica.org in re post-FEMA municipal fiscal stress and out-migration www.scientificamerican.com/article/gett...

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My commentary in re fiscal austerity, cuts in post-disaster aid, and BRIC freeze as it relates to state and local government fiscal health and stability. www.spglobal.com/market-intel...

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See my commentary @nytimes.com in re disappointing turn of events for National Climate Assessment www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...

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My commentary in re big adaptation decisions in #California #wildfires #landuse #planning www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

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My commentary @newsweek.com in insurance regulation and policy in #Florida and #California in the face of #climatechange (and austerity, post-FEMA, housing supply constraints, etc...). www.newsweek.com/florida-cali...

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I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at Georgia Tech next week.

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See my commentary @bloomberg.com in re implications in mortgage market if they decouple NFIP & FEMA. By contrast, many Republicans want national catastrophe fund & more intervention. Privatizing assets & socializing liabilities is not a good look for lowering debt. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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Absolutely incredible visuals by @loelebee.bsky.social, with words by @dwharton.bsky.social, showing how fire-stricken suburbs can rebuild safer. Most understandable explainer I've seen on this topic: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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“Ultimately, local governments will need to reduce risk through appropriate land use, zoning and building controls. Without this, parametric insurance might not even be available in the future.” @keenanclimate.com Remember...insurance doesn't prevent a flood www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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See my commentary @washingtonpost.com in re roof retrofit programs and insurance benefits for consumers. Will this work outside of wind market? Probably not as well in terms of actuarial basis for premium reduction. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Nice coverage @theguardian.com of some of my work and thinking over the years. There are no "havens"--just sending zones and receiving zones. Its not just migration, it is also relocation. Its adaptation and not just resilience. Its climate-driven human mobility. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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See my commentary @nytimes.com in re #housing consumption decision-making & #climatechange impacts (assuming that there is consumer confidence out there for buying a house or investing in anything) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...

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See my full quote @eenews.bsky.social @politico.com "The current political agenda is not about fiscal stewardship—it is nihilist fantasy to abolish government." The IPCC moves on and we fall behind. www.eenews.net/articles/the...

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WATCH: We kicked off the first in a year-long series on climate- and disaster-driven human mobility. With @americaadapts.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social, @keenanclimate.com, Valerie Mueller @arizonastateuni.bsky.social 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzT8... #scipol #climatechange #science

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See my commentary @newrepublic.com searching for some optimism with state and local climate policies and public investments. newrepublic.com/article/1914...

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Last year, I removed myself from all climate services firms & gave back all of that equity, so I could speak freely & without an implied conflict of interest on the state of climate services industry. See my commentary @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/science/arti...

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My commentary in re @theguardian.com on the multi-sector approach necessary to rebuild to a higher standard and with a commensurate range of pre-event incomes/values/rents/tenure diversity. #LA #wildfires #housing #FEMA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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See my commentary @newrepublic.com in re what comes next in #LA after the fire (and before the next fire). #housing #llanduseplanning #zoning newrepublic.com/article/1914...

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This is mandatory continuing education. I expect to see everyone's certificate of completion.

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See my commentary @pbsnews.bsky.social PBS News Hour in re human and economic costs of capricious and vindictive policymaking concerning FEMA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrzs...

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I did not coin the term "climate havens," as this article suggests. I have tried to use the clinically neutral language of "sending zones" and "receiving zones." Nowhere is safe folks (just safer, at best). Good article otherwise (I requested a correction) www.bbc.com/news/article...

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See my commentary @cnn.com in re complexity of human mobility in the face of extreme events. #climatechange #people #decisions #housing #mobility w/commentary from @kelseabest.bsky.social Alex de Sheribinin from @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @climatehuman.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/c...

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12 days to submit your syllabus for the inaugural Tulane Prize for Climate Curriculum! @tulaneu.bsky.social @keenanclimate.com

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See my commentary @telegraphnews.bsky.social in re entertainment infrastructure and supply chains under stress from fires in LA. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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See my commentary @theguardian.com in re trade-offs between housing, land use planning, and climate risk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Colleagues: Please consider joining us & submitting an abstract to MR2025 @columbiaclimate.bsky.social It is the premier American (biennial) academic (multidisciplinary) conference on climate adaptation. Abstracts are due January 27th. See you there! adaptation.climate.columbia.edu

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See my commentary @rollingstone.com in re political economy of disasters and climate change...from financing debris removal to fuzzy impacts of political preferences in the delivery of aid...buckle-up... www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Checkout @americaadapts.bsky.social for a great episode on what climate adaptation in 2025 might look like with commentary from fantastic people that I greatly admire. #climatechange #adaptation www.americaadapts.org/episodes/cli...

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Siehe meinen Kommentar @spiegel.de zur Klimamigration www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

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I am so honored to have been able to support (minor) the first U.S. National Adaptation Plan. unfccc.int/documents/64... Much admiration to the State Department for their leadership & hard work. We did it! This satisfies a major diplomatic obligation of the U.S.A. www.state.gov/office-of-th...

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See my commentary @nytimes.com in re fire adaptation pathways (no easy options for those who work extremely hard balancing competing objectives in hazard planning & housing). Zoning & LU planning is the next frontier despite land scarcity downside in the near-term. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/c...

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See my commentary @telegraphnews.bsky.social in re LA fires and insurance. The next frontier is land use and spatial planning--not just building codes (e.g., Ch. 7A). Narrowing the incongruity btw legal hazard boundaries & insurance modeling is the next frontier. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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Final report from the Senate Budget Committee. You were warned America. We are already paying the price, if that isn’t painfully obvious. www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

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