Jesse M. Keenan
@keenanclimate.com
Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning, Tulane University
North: The Future of Post-Climate America
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https://www.keenanclimate.com/north-book
North: The Future of Post-Climate America
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/north-9780197641613
https://www.keenanclimate.com/north-book
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North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press, 2025)
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November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Join @newamerica.org on Tuesday, December 9th for a special event to kick-off the publication of my new book, North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press). Register (free) at events.newamerica.org/humanmobilit...
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Join @newamerica.org on Tuesday, December 9th for a special event to kick-off the publication of my new book, North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press). Register (free) at events.newamerica.org/humanmobilit...
See my commentary in @nytimes.com in re climatic & non-climatic factors pushing down home prices (always excellent work of @benkeys.bsky.social & P. Mulder) Amazing to see how far prices have tanked in Nola. Good News: homes w/ Fortified Roofs are holding their value. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas (Gift Article)
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
See my commentary in @nytimes.com in re climatic & non-climatic factors pushing down home prices (always excellent work of @benkeys.bsky.social & P. Mulder) Amazing to see how far prices have tanked in Nola. Good News: homes w/ Fortified Roofs are holding their value. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
My forthcoming book, North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press) is the "Book of the Week" at climatechangeresources.org/news/newslet... (get your copy today)
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My forthcoming book, North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press) is the "Book of the Week" at climatechangeresources.org/news/newslet... (get your copy today)
My book North: The Future of Post-Climate America is moving up the Amazon Books rankings (and its not even out yet). Want to hear more? Check-out my conversation with @glindsay.bsky.social and Daniel Safarik on Unfrozen (podcast) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlKV...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My book North: The Future of Post-Climate America is moving up the Amazon Books rankings (and its not even out yet). Want to hear more? Check-out my conversation with @glindsay.bsky.social and Daniel Safarik on Unfrozen (podcast) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlKV...
TODAY: Great coverage of North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press) in @theatlantic.com by Vann R. Newkirk II www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
TODAY: Great coverage of North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press) in @theatlantic.com by Vann R. Newkirk II www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Are you researching climate change, human mobility, and housing? If so, join us in Nola (January) for "Multiplied Displacements: The Climate-Housing Nexus" (free registration & some travel funding available) w/ @uoftcities.bsky.social & @buoncities.bsky.social architecture.tulane.edu/events/multi...
October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Are you researching climate change, human mobility, and housing? If so, join us in Nola (January) for "Multiplied Displacements: The Climate-Housing Nexus" (free registration & some travel funding available) w/ @uoftcities.bsky.social & @buoncities.bsky.social architecture.tulane.edu/events/multi...
Ever wonder how carrying capacity modeling plays out in practice? We take a look at closer look at real world applications for #climate #planning and growth management in the USA. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VNCME...
Urban carrying capacity in practice: supporting growth management and climate planning in the United States
This article outlines the various strains of urban planning literature that have sought to develop a framework for urban carrying capacity (UCC) as a means to understand and manage the sustainable ...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ever wonder how carrying capacity modeling plays out in practice? We take a look at closer look at real world applications for #climate #planning and growth management in the USA. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VNCME...
I discuss the future of climate urbanism in my new book, North: The Future of Post-Climate America on Discovery's Curiosity Weekly.
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Designing Cities for a Warmer World
Podcast Episode · Curiosity Weekly · 10/08/2025 · 27m
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October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I discuss the future of climate urbanism in my new book, North: The Future of Post-Climate America on Discovery's Curiosity Weekly.
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I have long predicted that the “resilience pathway” of climate gentrification would accelerate in Florida. Engineering resilience measures & standards are not free & sometimes unaffordable. Their amenity values (and costs) shape housing & relocation decisions.
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Making Florida More Flood Resistant Is Forcing Hard Choices for Homeowners
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September 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I have long predicted that the “resilience pathway” of climate gentrification would accelerate in Florida. Engineering resilience measures & standards are not free & sometimes unaffordable. Their amenity values (and costs) shape housing & relocation decisions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...
See my commentary @nytimes.com “There’s nothing better for an insurance commercial than seeing how many billions of dollars of losses we’ve had from disasters...” in re value of data to shape behavior and market participation. #climatechange www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
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September 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
See my commentary @nytimes.com “There’s nothing better for an insurance commercial than seeing how many billions of dollars of losses we’ve had from disasters...” in re value of data to shape behavior and market participation. #climatechange www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...
My commentary @bloomberg.com on FEMA’s longstanding underinvestment that has stretched the agency thin. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The US Disaster Agency Was Breaking Long Before Trump
To fulfill its mission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency needs investment in the kind of work that voters rarely see.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
My commentary @bloomberg.com on FEMA’s longstanding underinvestment that has stretched the agency thin. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
My commentary @bloomberg.com on the public’s eroding faith in state action after Katrina—20 years ago today. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Hurricane Katrina Remains the Disaster to Top Them All
In the 20 years after New Orleans flooded, FEMA and the insurance industry have changed dramatically.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
My commentary @bloomberg.com on the public’s eroding faith in state action after Katrina—20 years ago today. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Es agradable ver que nuestro @tylerhaupert.bsky.social trabajo está contribuyendo a la conversación sobre el cambio climático en España. www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/202...
El precedente de California: la banca cierra el grifo del crédito si hay riesgo de incendios
Los bancos tienden a mostrar reticencias para realizar grandes préstamos en zonas donde hay riesgo de incendios, lo que dificulta la reconstrucción
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August 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Es agradable ver que nuestro @tylerhaupert.bsky.social trabajo está contribuyendo a la conversación sobre el cambio climático en España. www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/202...
See my commentary @washingtonpost.com in re risk perception and human mobility #SaltLakeCity www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
As the Great Salt Lake dries up, clouds of dangerous dust blow into boomtowns
Dozens of dust events probably happen each year across the 120-square-mile playa once covered by the Great Salt Lake. But there are no comprehensive state or federal records of them.
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August 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
See my commentary @washingtonpost.com in re risk perception and human mobility #SaltLakeCity www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Thank you Stillpoint and Martha’s Vineyard colleagues for an engaging night of dialogue discussing North: The Future of Post-Climate America.
August 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Thank you Stillpoint and Martha’s Vineyard colleagues for an engaging night of dialogue discussing North: The Future of Post-Climate America.
Thank you @weather.bsky.social for having me on to talk about North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press, December 2025). Check-out clip here: www.keenanclimate.com/north-book
August 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Thank you @weather.bsky.social for having me on to talk about North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press, December 2025). Check-out clip here: www.keenanclimate.com/north-book
“There is no sound basis in science or economics to disregard a warming world that imposes over a hundred billion dollars a year in losses on households, small businesses and shareholders,” said Jesse Keenan www.wsj.com/science/envi...
Trump Administration Aims to Roll Back Bedrock Climate Tool
The EPA is seeking to rescind a landmark scientific finding on greenhouse-gas emissions that the government has used to regulate emissions from power plants, aircraft and cars.
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July 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“There is no sound basis in science or economics to disregard a warming world that imposes over a hundred billion dollars a year in losses on households, small businesses and shareholders,” said Jesse Keenan www.wsj.com/science/envi...
Pre-Order Today...North: The Future of Post-Climate America...Oxford University Press (2025) @norththebook.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...
July 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Pre-Order Today...North: The Future of Post-Climate America...Oxford University Press (2025) @norththebook.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...
“‘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/...
When Towns Rebuild From Disaster, Some Get Priced Out
In Panama City, Fla., and Paradise, Calif., money poured in after natural disasters—squeezing some residents out. The dynamic is repeating across the U.S.
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June 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“‘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/...
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?...
June 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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?...
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)
June 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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)
Reposted by Jesse M. Keenan
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...
Banks are avoiding mortgage loans in California’s wildfire zones, study says
New research suggests banks are approving fewer home loans in fire-prone areas. But researchers found online lenders are ignoring the risks.
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May 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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...