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