Trump Administration Cuts Funding and Staff for Flagship Climate Report

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The New York Times on the growing jeopardy facing the National Climate Assessment after funding and staffing cuts by the Trump administration.

April 9, 2025

Financially strapped states see funds for disaster resilience projects at risk

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in S&P Global Market Intelligence on federal funding cuts and their impact on local climate resilience.

April 7, 2025

LA fires victims fear 'predatory' developers could remake their neighbourhood for the worse

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in ABC News on California's wildfire response and the focus on building upgrades over buffer zones and land use reforms.

April 7, 2025

Florida vs. California: How Two States Are Facing the Insurance Crisis

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Newsweek on Florida and California's management of insurance risk.

April 7, 2025

What FEMA's Demise Could Mean for Flood Insurance

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Bloomberg on NFIP, FEMA, and mortgages.

March 31, 2025

A California City Is Pioneering Urban-Scale Insurance for Climate Disasters

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Insurance Journal on the role of local governments in risk reduction for climate crisis.

March 11, 2025

A Bay Area City Pioneers Urban Scale Insurance for Climate Sisasters

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Bloomberg News.

March 11, 2025

Why These States are Helping People Pay for Stronger Roofs

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Washington Post on the benefit of grant programs like that of Alabama’s roof replacement program.

March 3, 2025

There Were Never Any Climate Havens: Floods in the Midwest, Hurricanes in Appalachia

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Guardian on "sending zones" and "recieving zones" as cities experiencing climate crisis.

February 26, 2025

How Can I Lower My Climate Risk When Buying a House?

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The New York Times on climate shocks and climate stresses as categories of risk when considering purchasing a home.

February 24, 2025

The IPCC meets amid Trump’s climate attacks. What to watch for.

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in E & E News for his contributions to the IPCC’s sixth assessment report.

February 24, 2025

The Climate Policies That Trump Might Not Destroy

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The New Republic on the role of federal government in climate action.

February 19, 2025

Buying a home in California? Here’s how seriously you should take Zillow’s climate risk data

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in San Francisco Chronicle.

February 16, 2025

‘Altadena is not for sale’: LA residents fear being forced out by wildfire rebuild

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Guardian on the economic challenges of rebuilding after climate disaster.

February 14, 2025

What Happens When Your “Climate Haven” Is No Longer Safe?

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Nonprofit Quarterly on climate resilence and "climate-proof" cities.

February 13, 2025

The L.A. Fires Were the First Tragedy. The Second Is Just Beginning.

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The New Republic on buffer zones as a mitigation technique to the California wildfires.

February 12, 2025

Tulane Prize for Climate Change Curriculum

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Archined on bridging teaching and research in climate change through the CCU.

January 30, 2024

Trump Questions Need for FEMA and Says States Should 'Take Care of Disasters'

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in PBS News Hour on the role of federal government in climate disaster relief.

January 24, 2025

Even before the LA fires, Californians fled for 'climate havens'

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in BBC about his research on "recieving zones".

January 23, 2025

Extreme weather events like the LA wildfires are creating climate refugees. Where do they go?

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in the CNN.

January 21, 2025

Trump has promised a new Hollywood ‘golden age’ – but Tinseltown is in trouble

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Telegraph.

January 18, 2025

‘It’s going to be rough’: what Trump’s response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Guardian about climate adaptation and the focus needed on preventing the further sprawl of housing into areas that have long had wildfires.

January 17, 2025

What Blue States Can Do If Trump and Republicans Withhold Disaster Aid

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Rolling Stone about the role of federal government in climate disaster relief.

January 14, 2025

Wealth helps only to a limited extent when disaster strikes

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Spiegel Science about climate migration.

January 12, 2025

L.A. Fires Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Cope With Climate Change

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The New York Times about climate adaptation.

January 10, 2025

Climate Fiscal Risks: The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Recommendations to Congress

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in the America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast about the intersection of climate resilience, fiscal accountability, and federal oversight.

January 10, 2025

Hollywood mansions ‘uninsurable’ as wildfires leave $50bn trail of destruction

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Telegraph.

January 9, 2025

Business on the Edge: Building Industry Resilience to Climate Hazards

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited as an Academia/Expert Contributor in the World Economic Forum Insight Report of December 2024.

December 11, 2024

Mortgage Regulators Are Shrugging Off Climate Risk. It Could Cost Taxpayers Billions.

CCU resarch is cited in The New York Times.

December 7, 2024

Tulane launches new Center on Climate Change and Urbanism

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Architect's Newspaper on bridging teaching and research in climate change through the CCU.

December 5, 2024

Why Do We Keep Developing in Climate Disaster Zones?

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Dwell on development in the Sun Belt region.

November 15, 2024

Tulane University Unveils New Center on Climate Change and Urbanism

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in New Orleans City Business.

November 12, 2024

People moved to Asheville to escape extreme weather. They forgot its tragic history.

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in CNN on climate migration and the risk of moving to "climate-safe" cities.

October 23, 2024

How Climate Disasters Are Making Mobile Homes a Huge Risk

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The New York Times on mobile home parks and property development due to natural disasters.

October 14, 2024

Bridging the Climate Change Research and Education Gap

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Buildings & Cities on the disconnect between climate change research and education in the built environment in the U.S. and how the Syllabus BAnk and the Tulane Prize in Climate Change Curriculum in the Built Environment seeks to remedy this.

October 12, 2024

Zillow will now show climate risk data on home listings

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Washington Post on climate risk modeling.

October 10, 2024

Hurricane Helene exposes FEMA assistance gap in Appalachian areas

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in CNN on Hurricane Helene and climate havens.

October 4, 2024

‘Nowhere is safe’: shattered Asheville shows stunning reach of climate crisis

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Guardian on climate migration.

October 1, 2024

Homebuyers Drawn to Ashville are Hit by Horror of Hurricane Helene

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Bloomberg News.

October 1, 2024

Before the floods, Asheville was called a ‘climate haven.’ Is anywhere safe?

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Washington Post on the "sending zones" and "recieving zones" of climate migration.

October 1, 2024

‘Climate Havens’ Don’t Exist

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The New York Times on the "recieving zones" of climate migration.

October 1, 2024

These Ultra-Luxe Homes Are in Climate Danger Zones—Why Do People Continue Buying Them?

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Architectural Digest on climate migration.

August 15, 2024

How Economic Damage Will Drive Climate Migration

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Bloomberg News on climate migration and declining home values.

July 30, 2024

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Guardian on global heating.

May 8, 2024

Florida's Home Insurance Industry May Be Worse Than Anyone Realizes

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in Bloomberg News.

April 4, 2024

Why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for weather disasters

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The Washington Post on disasters and economic growth.

March 16, 2024

U.S. Hit by Record Number of High-Cost Disasters in 2023

Professor Jesse M. Keenan cited in The New York Times on the financial argument for increased federal funding to address disasters.

January 10, 2024