Jesse M. Keenan
@keenanclimate.com
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Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning, Tulane University North: The Future of Post-Climate America https://global.oup.com/academic/product/north-9780197641613?lang=en&cc=us# https://www.keenanclimate.com/north-book
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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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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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Thank you Stillpoint and Martha’s Vineyard colleagues for an engaging night of dialogue discussing North: The Future of Post-Climate America.
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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
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“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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Pre-Order Today...North: The Future of Post-Climate America...Oxford University Press (2025) @norththebook.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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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/...
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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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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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...
U.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather
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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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I couldn't agree more. Engineering resilience design, materials, & building codes are (successfully) operating on the margins. Land use & zoning are the real frontier for effective climate risk management, particularly in the convergent context of economic, infrastructure & public finance systems.
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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/
Philly’s carbon emissions dropped. Here’s what else experts say needs to change
The data could be clouded by impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as an increase in remote work.
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