Susan Crawford

Author, Harvard Law School emeritus. Writing about climate adaptation intersections with finance.
On Substack: 'Moving Day,'

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

Curious what it's like to be young and noticing all the climate/social issues that intersect along the Mississippi River? Join me tomorrow night to see great documentary Hollow Tree - Cafritz Hall, DC JCC - filmmaker Kira Akerman will be there! Tickets: https://t.co/RBFFq0YhzZ

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

Want functioning insurance markets and real climate forecasts? Then you want NCAR intact. Post today - for insurance sector forwarding. Banks, too https://t.co/c8u6pfLr5W

[Climate Risk Economics @climateconomics]

quick shout-out to @scrawford who, 20 months ago in this excellent column, flagged this risk and stressed "How dodgy insurance is being used to systematically dump risk on the books of the entire country"

https://t.co/1a6paWpM3o

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

What if every state had a plan--and a fund--for climate resilience? Rhode Island’s about to. Read all about it in my column today: https://t.co/3BVXT31F9t

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

New paper demonstrates climate inaction is already hitting U.S. households like a hidden, regressive “climate tax”--but unlike Obamacare, there’s no national coalition or business deal to turn that fact into real climate adaptation progress. Column today: https://t.co/MAoLBMk9Om

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

Many thanks to @SeanWoods12 anf @RollingStone for publishing this piece - very proud to be in the magazine - where @jeffgoodell sometimes is too -

[sean woods @SeanWoods12]

Proud to publish ⁦@scrawford⁩: Climate Change Is Wrecking the Jersey Shore. Can It Be Saved? https://t.co/ag8lABXWgK

[midnightembers @tomschloegel]

New Orleans municipal budget woes. A story potentially coming to a theater near you. Paging @scrawford

[Carnegie Endowment @CarnegieEndow]

The Jersey Shore is “sailing toward disaster,” says @scrawford. Even as sea levels rise and storms loom, real estate development has exploded – but adaptation funding has dried up.

More in @rollingstone: https://t.co/UvaMut6tqz

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Floods and Storms Are Ravaging the Jersey Shore. Why Do We Keep Building It Back?

The government spent billions on beach replenishment over the last four decades. But with worsening climate change, experts say more dramatic change is in order. Story ⤵︎
https://t.co/IGUcbZoScJ

[Climate Risk Economics @climateconomics]

@scrawford time to unearth this top paper by legal scholar
Madison Condon, which "argues that actionable and transparent information about our climate-changed future is a public good that the private sector cannot be depended upon to provide equitably or reliably."
https://t.co/Vgf5bj5GMa

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

Zillow’s climate score rollback is a wake-up call: build open, future‑conditions federal flood maps -- gold‑standard, trustworthy data for building codes, land use rules, mortgages, and our future. Column today: https://t.co/huJNrLAzD4

[Climate Risk Economics @climateconomics]

"Because of increasing insurance costs, what a homeowner might have thought was a fixed 30-year mortgage on a house that increases in value is turning into an adjustable-rate obligation covering an asset that might not find a buyer at the price the homeowner believes is fair"...

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

New research shows climate risk is already hitting insurance and home values. And that’s only part of the story. Some serious hazards, like saltwater intrusion, often aren’t covered at all -- and aren’t yet priced into housing markets. Column today: https://t.co/A5Lu36EJAb

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

Legendary climate scientist James Hansen says climate risks for coastal cities--and young people’s futures--are far bigger and coming faster than most realize. Wall Street’s cyclic complacency can’t protect against rising seas. Column today: https://t.co/7r82HnuXSI

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

Tom Metcalfe, a scholar from the year 2120 in Ian McEwan’s "What We Can Know," yearns for our long lifespans and wild landscapes. It's a literary, time-bending, and moving reminder of what we have to lose ... column today

https://t.co/AHUfIoPVYR

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

Insurers plan for 1-in-200-year storms. Why don’t governments?

If a Melissa-level hurricane hit the Northeast, would we be ready? New column looks at climate whiplash, risk, and what real preparedness means.

https://t.co/65L2HtouHb

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

@climateconomics @ConsumerFed Thanks for the repost, but Delong of CFA didn't say that, I did.

[Susan Crawford @scrawford]

Nevada just let property insurers exclude wildfire coverage. Homeowners won’t realize until it’s too late that fire isn't covered. Expect shock, underinsurance, and scrambling for expensive new policies. Plus: pressure for a federal wildfire safety net. https://t.co/HRlgebOl5X

[Matt Lanza @mattlanza]

I am quite concerned about this one and how it may impact some of these countries, even if it never becomes a tremendously strong storm.

[Matt Lanza @mattlanza]

Good read on a challenging topic and a plan that makes very little sense.