Ladd Keith
@laddkeith.com
Associate Professor of Planning, Distinguished Scholar, & Director of the Heat Resilience Initiative at the University of Arizona, Tucson AZ | Climate change and heat planning, policy, and governance 🏜️🏳️🌈 https://laddkeith.com
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Ladd Keith
@laddkeith.com
· Sep 4
Sharing my @uarizona.bsky.social TEDx Talk about how the world is currently experiencing a "heatshed" moment and we need more research and action on heat mitigation, heat management, and heat governance to advance equitable heat resilience. youtu.be/U8RErIjDWWc #heatresilience #extremeheat
Excited to join the @climateresilience.bsky.social's new Heat Resilience Exchange as a Senior Advisor, along with @vkturner.bsky.social and @sarameerow.bsky.social! onebillionresilient.org/2025/11/06/a... #heatresilience #extremeheat #heatactionplanning
The Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center appoints Jane Gilbert as Chief Heat Ambassador
The Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center announced the appointment of Jane Gilbert as its first chief heat ambassador.
onebillionresilient.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Excited to join the @climateresilience.bsky.social's new Heat Resilience Exchange as a Senior Advisor, along with @vkturner.bsky.social and @sarameerow.bsky.social! onebillionresilient.org/2025/11/06/a... #heatresilience #extremeheat #heatactionplanning
Check out the new @uarizona.bsky.social feature on the climate research we're doing across the state's three universities and with our students through the SW-IFL to help make Arizona more resilient. news.arizona.edu/news/how-u-s... #climatechange #extremeheat #heatresilience
How U of A students braved the summer sun to help communities become heat resilient
More than 150 students across all three state universities have been involved in a Department of Energy program to help communities understand and respond to extreme heat. Their work, researchers said...
news.arizona.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Check out the new @uarizona.bsky.social feature on the climate research we're doing across the state's three universities and with our students through the SW-IFL to help make Arizona more resilient. news.arizona.edu/news/how-u-s... #climatechange #extremeheat #heatresilience
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Yes, it is this scary in science. We were world leader only 10 months ago.
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Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Yes, it is this scary in science. We were world leader only 10 months ago.
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Our October newsletter is out now, featuring PCDH's Hotwash event and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter directly here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=993e3e1db... #heatresilience #extremeheat
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Our October newsletter is out now, featuring PCDH's Hotwash event and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter directly here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=993e3e1db... #heatresilience #extremeheat
"What was dismantled today isn't just marble or plaster; it is a reflection of how easily history can be erased when power forgets purpose." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Chelsea Clinton: Trump is wrecking the People's House | Exclusive
President Trump has authority over the White House and the right to turn the East Wing into a ballroom. But authority is not the same as stewardship.
www.usatoday.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"What was dismantled today isn't just marble or plaster; it is a reflection of how easily history can be erased when power forgets purpose." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Honored to be awarded the Western Planner's Planner of the Year! capla.arizona.edu/studio/ladd-... #uarizona
Ladd Keith named 2025 Western Planner of the Year
The Western Planner organization has named CAPLA Associate Professor Ladd Keith its 2025 Planner of the Year, honoring his pioneering leadership in climate-responsive planning and community resilience...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Honored to be awarded the Western Planner's Planner of the Year! capla.arizona.edu/studio/ladd-... #uarizona
Kevin Gurney, one of our SW-IFL co-PIs, featured in the @nytimes.com Lost Science series: "This feels like a total paradigm shift in the government’s role supporting science. Science does not function when priorities change every two years." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Kevin Gurney, one of our SW-IFL co-PIs, featured in the @nytimes.com Lost Science series: "This feels like a total paradigm shift in the government’s role supporting science. Science does not function when priorities change every two years." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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"Authoritarianism makes us feel less safe in our neighborhoods, it makes our bills harder to pay, our health care harder to access, and stifles our ability to thrive and support our families and communities. It’s exhausting and it’s not normal."
Read @dminovi.bsky.social compelling blog:
Read @dminovi.bsky.social compelling blog:
Science and Democracy under Siege: a Day in My Life
Even for those of us living in relative safety, the administration's policies are hurting us and our communities on a daily basis.
blog.ucs.org
October 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Authoritarianism makes us feel less safe in our neighborhoods, it makes our bills harder to pay, our health care harder to access, and stifles our ability to thrive and support our families and communities. It’s exhausting and it’s not normal."
Read @dminovi.bsky.social compelling blog:
Read @dminovi.bsky.social compelling blog:
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Our September newsletter is out now, with info SW-IFL's All Hands meeting and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter directly here 🌇 : view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=b37a46883... #heatresilience #extremeheat
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Our September newsletter is out now, with info SW-IFL's All Hands meeting and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter directly here 🌇 : view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=b37a46883... #heatresilience #extremeheat
We hosted the SW-IFL All Hands Meeting at the @uarizona.bsky.social with over 65 researchers, students, and stakeholders from across the state yesterday, and finally had a chance to get a group photo of our current Planning Discovery research team, led by @sarameerow.bsky.social and me!
September 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We hosted the SW-IFL All Hands Meeting at the @uarizona.bsky.social with over 65 researchers, students, and stakeholders from across the state yesterday, and finally had a chance to get a group photo of our current Planning Discovery research team, led by @sarameerow.bsky.social and me!
Kicking off our SW-IFL All Hands meeting hosted here at the @uarizona.bsky.social with researchers and students from our three state universities! sw-ifl.asu.edu #uarizona
September 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Kicking off our SW-IFL All Hands meeting hosted here at the @uarizona.bsky.social with researchers and students from our three state universities! sw-ifl.asu.edu #uarizona
“Democracy is just good for the economy. And autocracy is bad for the economy. Autocrats are just not good at managing economies. Policymaking tends to be erratic as democratic institutions decline.” - @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/b...
The US economy has a new problem: Democracy is under siege | CNN Business
Some political scientists see a pattern that suggests American democracy is being undermined in real time. The stakes are massive for the US economy and the business world.
www.cnn.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“Democracy is just good for the economy. And autocracy is bad for the economy. Autocrats are just not good at managing economies. Policymaking tends to be erratic as democratic institutions decline.” - @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/b...
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
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Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
"Why on earth would we abandon institutions that have genuinely made America great? ... Why would we put at risk laboratories that are working to cure cancers or perfecting artificial limbs or exploring deep space or testing the limits of artificial intelligence?" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Why on earth would we abandon institutions that have genuinely made America great? ... Why would we put at risk laboratories that are working to cure cancers or perfecting artificial limbs or exploring deep space or testing the limits of artificial intelligence?" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
New interview in @sciam.bsky.social “My advice is to learn from the places that have been caught off guard and do your proactive planning before it happens to you.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/extr... #extremeheat #heatresilience
Kids from Marginalized Communities Are Learning in the Hottest Classrooms
The first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities are more exposed to extreme heat events
www.scientificamerican.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New interview in @sciam.bsky.social “My advice is to learn from the places that have been caught off guard and do your proactive planning before it happens to you.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/extr... #extremeheat #heatresilience
"People who support all the positive aspects of America have to speak out and fight for them now." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
The world’s greatest mathematician avoided politics. Then Trump cut science funding.
Terence Tao, a renowned mathematician at UCLA, faced funding challenges after the Trump administration froze federal research funds.
share.google
September 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"People who support all the positive aspects of America have to speak out and fight for them now." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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Common theme of people I've interviewed recently. At universities, in research centers, in diplomacy, in the legal system, dealing with refugees or immigrants:
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
September 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Common theme of people I've interviewed recently. At universities, in research centers, in diplomacy, in the legal system, dealing with refugees or immigrants:
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
Sharing my @uarizona.bsky.social TEDx Talk about how the world is currently experiencing a "heatshed" moment and we need more research and action on heat mitigation, heat management, and heat governance to advance equitable heat resilience. youtu.be/U8RErIjDWWc #heatresilience #extremeheat
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sharing my @uarizona.bsky.social TEDx Talk about how the world is currently experiencing a "heatshed" moment and we need more research and action on heat mitigation, heat management, and heat governance to advance equitable heat resilience. youtu.be/U8RErIjDWWc #heatresilience #extremeheat
Written by nine former CDC directors: "This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American. Congress must exercise its oversight authority over H.H.S. State and local governments must fill funding gaps where they can." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Written by nine former CDC directors: "This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American. Congress must exercise its oversight authority over H.H.S. State and local governments must fill funding gaps where they can." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
I'd love to just post about protecting communities from climate change, but a prerequisite for that work is a functioning democracy that values science and evidence-based decisionmaking.
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Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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August 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'd love to just post about protecting communities from climate change, but a prerequisite for that work is a functioning democracy that values science and evidence-based decisionmaking.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"As buildings crack under record heat, architects are rediscovering ancient technologies—windcatchers, clay walls, and shaded courtyards—that kept cities habitable long before air-conditioning." atmos.earth/the-futu... #heatresilience #extremeheat #architecture
The Future of Cooling Was Invented Thousands of Years Ago | Atmos
As buildings crack under record heat, architects are rediscovering ancient technologies.
atmos.earth
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"As buildings crack under record heat, architects are rediscovering ancient technologies—windcatchers, clay walls, and shaded courtyards—that kept cities habitable long before air-conditioning." atmos.earth/the-futu... #heatresilience #extremeheat #architecture
"The recent U.S. executive order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” poses a significant threat to the U.S. national economy and security."
The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America
This EO is an unconstitutional attempt to censor and punish U.S. scientists for publishing science that doesn't fit a political agenda
This misleading and false misrepresentation of U.S. scientif...
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August 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"The recent U.S. executive order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” poses a significant threat to the U.S. national economy and security."
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2.4 billion workers are exposed to deadly heat globally.
The new WHO / @wmo-global.bsky.social report outlines 7 steps to protect them.
Act on heat stress with smart, scalable solutions. 🔗 bit.ly/3JvqKI1 #ClimateAction
The new WHO / @wmo-global.bsky.social report outlines 7 steps to protect them.
Act on heat stress with smart, scalable solutions. 🔗 bit.ly/3JvqKI1 #ClimateAction
August 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
2.4 billion workers are exposed to deadly heat globally.
The new WHO / @wmo-global.bsky.social report outlines 7 steps to protect them.
Act on heat stress with smart, scalable solutions. 🔗 bit.ly/3JvqKI1 #ClimateAction
The new WHO / @wmo-global.bsky.social report outlines 7 steps to protect them.
Act on heat stress with smart, scalable solutions. 🔗 bit.ly/3JvqKI1 #ClimateAction
"Arbitrary stops, empty streets, and checkpoints don’t look like a free society. And more importantly, their existence signals the end of one." @anandwrites.bsky.social the.ink/p/papers-ple...
Papers, please
On checkpoints, shows of military force, and the fight for a Free D.C.
the.ink
August 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"Arbitrary stops, empty streets, and checkpoints don’t look like a free society. And more importantly, their existence signals the end of one." @anandwrites.bsky.social the.ink/p/papers-ple...