New research out today with my colleague Jacob Udell on financial distress in the multifamily market. We focus on the impact on tenants, who have little say over their landlords’ financial decisions but bear the brunt of the consequences of this escalating crisis. Check it out!

Our webinar on healthy school finance has been rescheduled for November 20 at 4:30 ET. Register at bit.ly/HSFwebinar

Financial distress in the multifamily market is on the rise in the United States: Multifamily loan delinquencies are at their highest rate in 10 years, having nearly doubled in the last year alone.

How can non-extractive debt financing build public capacity for investment in green facilities that school communities deserve? Join us TOMORROW at 430-6 ET for a conversation on healthy school finance with @debtcollective.bsky.social, @ctulocal1.bsky.social, and more. bit.ly/HSFwebinar

Read the fourth essay in a new geopolitics series from @transitionsec.bsky.social—a new research center cofounded with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social—on what the US-China conflict means for the world economy.

Great piece. "Mamdani’s agenda treats affordability of essentials as democratic obligation, not market efficiency." This approach also underpins the work at @cplusc.bsky.social, from the reimagining of home insurance that I've done, to @sevier.io's vision for public energy. #PeopleOverProfits

@cplusc.bsky.social’s brilliant @pmbigger.bsky.social takes the wheel on our front page today. War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.

NEW: In the first installment in a joint series between @cplusc.bsky.social and RDP, Sarah Knuth and Winston Yau make the case for fighting Big Tech's political capture with green economic populism.

And in the week's Q&A, @jael.bsky.social chats with @cplusc.bsky.social's @jbozuwa.bsky.social on a proposal publicly owned wind power:

The Trump administration’s is attacking offshore wind and slowing development. Our new report shows that the US needs between 270-485 gigawatts of offshore wind to decarbonize by 2050; but current plans only allot ~50 GW of projected capacity. climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/without-of...

"The report suggests overhauling the current [utility] system, shifting from investor-owned utilities to public power...[and] found that NY's poorest households spend up to 34% of their income on energy." Our new research with @publicgrids.org in @news10.bsky.social www.news10.com/news/rising-...

“The way US empire is being restructured adds to the existential threat of climate crisis — militarisation, a new Cold War and the formation of power blocs are carbon intensive undertakings.” Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions transitionsecurity.org/two-transiti...

The current federal administration is destabilizing the offshore wind industry with stop-work orders and slashed subsidies. We need a credible plan to meet climate targets and build capacity—enter a federal Offshore Wind Authority. climateandcommunity.org/research/off...

Electricity prices are soaring across the US, with nearly 1/4 of U.S. adults—about 52 million people—unable to pay their bills. How does the way rates are designed undermine energy affordability? Our new report OVERCHARGED with @publicgrids.org explains how: climateandcommunity.org/research/ove...

The home insurance crisis is increasing costs and threatening stability. Media is covering the crisis, but what we need are solutions. What should lawmakers do? Our new research offers state and federal policy recommendations to usher in a new era of resilience + affordability.

A few months ago posted a story about the largest solar project ever to get CA energy commission approval that will also be the largest battery in California; approved via a program that confers community benefits. Read more about the program here.. but only if wanting more solar & storage, faster.

so @triofrancos.bsky.social headed up some work with @cplusc.bsky.social on exactly that. we can do a lot better if we rely less on EV rollout, more on public transit rollout, and put workers across the supply chain in a position to determine conditions climateandcommunity.org/research/mor...

More on this coming soon!

Who should benefit from the energy transition? Communities? Workers? Billionaires? As federal posture toward a clean energy supply chain shifts rapidly, our new report shows that communities are turning to community benefit agreements (CBAs) to gain control over their futures. 👇

It's launch day! We are collaborating with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social to on this new research center that will investigate the US & UK military industrial complexes as threats to economic, climate and geopolitical stability. Find out more. 👇

@transitionsec.bsky.social launches tomorrow! You can still get a ticket to the launch panel at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climat...

Join us this Thursday, 10/16 as we launch our work with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on the war economy, climate impacts of war, & the geopolitics of the climate transition. Follow @transitionsec.bsky.social for updates and register at the link! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climat...

Join us this Thursday, 10/16 as we launch our work with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on the war economy, climate impacts of war, & the geopolitics of the climate transition. Follow @transitionsec.bsky.social for updates and register at the link! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climat...

I interviewed @triofrancos.bsky.social for @cplusc.bsky.social climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/centering-...

The official launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social is in just one week! Join CCI & @cmmonwealth.bsky.social at the free inaugural panel event featuring our strategic co-dir @triofrancos.bsky.social: 🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL

As insurance prices balloon & companies refuse renewals, state “insurers of last resort” (FAIR plans) are often the only coverage option left for many homeowners. Our new report explains how they often prioritize cost savings for companies, not affordability for families.

🚨 In just 2 weeks, we'll be hosting a free online panel with @cplusc.bsky.social to launch a new collaboration: @transitionsec.bsky.social 🎙️ @stephensemler.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social  🪑 @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Reserve your spot now! 🔗👇

In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green? New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g

An exciting panel event launching our collaboration with @cplusc.bsky.social — the Transition Security Project. Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Sign up for a free ticket below👇 📍 Online 🗓️ 16 Oct 6PM BST

The idea that insurance premiums are a good way to mitigate climate risk to housing is a common misconception that, unfortunately, can obscure real solutions to the risks of climate change and perpetuate existing inequities. Why is that? Well... 1/8

Are you going to Netroots? Join us TOMORROW, 3:45-4:45 PM for “Building Green Economic Populism,” moderated by @maryannaise.bsky.social with PA State Sen. @nikilsaval.bsky.social, @ctulocal1.bsky.social's Stacy Davis Gates, Tenant Union Federation's Tara Raghuveer, and CCI's @jbozuwa.bsky.social

What’s the best way to spend $1 billion for transportation? Our latest report shows the positive impacts of every $1 billion shifted from highways to transit and identifies key policy levers to shift transportation investments away from highway spending. climateandcommunity.org/research/let...

The US Deptartment of Defense budget is set to rise to $1tn. New analysis by @cplusc.bsky.social shows that this will push the Pentagon’s total greenhouse emissions to a staggering 178 Mt of CO2e, resulting in an estimated $47bn in economic damages globally. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bravo to @theguardian.com's @ninalakhani.bsky.social for highlighting @cplusc.bsky.social research exposing the climate madness of the US military budget amid cuts to weather and emergency services. Journalists wanting to follow up can contact @CoveringClimate...

NEW: Our study in @theguardian.com shows that the new $1T Pentagon budget in Trump’s bill— paid for by cuts to education, food stamps, disaster management, etc—will raise its carbon emissions higher than the entire country of Ethiopia, and cause 47B in damages. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Climate is a multiplier of the cost of living crisis,” points out @jbozuwa.bsky.social of @cplusc.bsky.social. “We actually can build an alternative — in state rent control, green affordable housing. It’s not a climate movement, it’s a working class movement of which climate is a part.”

NEW: Our study in @theguardian.com shows that the new $1T Pentagon budget in Trump’s bill— paid for by cuts to education, food stamps, disaster management, etc—will raise its carbon emissions higher than the entire country of Ethiopia, and cause 47B in damages. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The 17% rise in US pentagon spending since 2023 will result in an additional 26,000,000 tons of Co2 emissions. These emissions will cause ~$47 billion in damages when the US is already spending $1 trillion/year on disaster recovery. Our new @cplusc.bsky.social research covered in @theguardian.com

By me: Trump’s spending bonanza for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons of planet-heating gases – on a par with the annual emissions generated by 68 gas power plants or the entire country of Croatia, new analysis by @cplusc.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Affordable housing is a national political issue, but policymakers lack a supply-side agenda that meets the scale & urgency of the housing and climate crises. In our new brief, we call for a different approach: a green industrial policy for housing. climateandcommunity.org/research/tra...

The rent's too high, it's too hot, and no one's getting the glorious green homes we keep hearing about. The market is broken. In our latest @cplusc.bsky.social report, we show how green industrial policy could deliver affordable, green homes for all. climateandcommunity.org/research/tra...

It's crazy that this isn't already a leading policy framework. We can't increase the supply of green homes—new units, green upgrades—without building policy & coalitions around producing key inputs, coordinating policies, procurement. This is 1st essay in a @cplusc.bsky.social series on this.

NEW: Join us next week for the 2nd Annual Wallace Symposium! Climate speakers include: 🎙️ @basavsen.bsky.social, IPS 🎙️ @ben-beachy.bsky.social, GFNE 🎙️ @aru-shiney-ajay.bsky.social, @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social 🎙️ @jbozuwa.bsky.social, @cplusc.bsky.social FREE tickets: action.ips-dc.org/a/%202nd-hen...

The 'Big Beautiful Bill' is set to push the US Dept of Defense budget towards a record $1 trillion. According to @cplusc.bsky.social, this will make US military and its industrial apparatus the 38th largest emitter in the world. Read more here: climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/1-trillion...

Nearly half of Vienna's population lives in public housing. Our hidden gem of the week examines how the city's social housing offers a compelling counter-narrative to the neoliberal housing crisis. By @aldasky.bsky.social, @ruthygourevitch.bsky at @cplusc.bsky.social‬ buff.ly/EJ9WRO2

This month's Popular Solutions newsletter is live! A collab between @cplusc.bsky.social and @dataforprogress.org you won't want to miss: dataforclimateprogress.substack.com/p/the-climat...

"Mamdani's campaign has put forth a transformative, green vision of a city that works for the 99%—one that takes on the existential threat of the climate crisis through kitchen-table proposals to improve working peoples’ daily lives + take back power from the richest 1%" jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...

The Mamdani campaign offers a blueprint for the climate left: the path to full decarbonization must run through working class demands for affordability and quality-of-life jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...

"The Mamdani campaign’s focus on lowering the cost of living should serve as a blueprint for progressives across the country seeking to embed climate action in real improvements for working peoples’ lives." My colleague @batul.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social this morning.