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Climate havens or climate destinations are cities that are situated in places that avoid the worst effects of natural disasters and have the infrastructure to support a larger population. Many of these legacy cities are in the U.S. Northeast. Watch the video to see where Americans can move to avoid the risk of wildfires and flooding from rising seal levels, and learn how these destination cities can translate climate migration into an economic triumph.
Millions of Americans are living in communities with precarious climate conditions, in houses that feel overpriced.
There is a solution for many of these people, though: Move to one of the so-called climate havens.
Climate havens or climate destinations are situated in places that avoid the worst effects of natural disasters and have the infrastructure to support a larger population. Many of these legacy cities are located in the Northeast.
Jesse Keenan, associate professor of real estate at Tulane University, named the following cities as possible climate havens:
Asheville, North Carolina
Buffalo, New York
Burlington, Vermont
Detroit, Michigan
Duluth, Minnesota
Madison, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rochester, New York
Anna Marandi, who served as the program manager of climate resilience and sustainability at the National League of Cities, added four other places to the safe haven list: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Charleston, South Carolina; Chico, California; and perhaps surprisingly, Orlando, Florida.
Orlando makes the cut, Marandi said, because the city has introduced measures to decarbonize. While the natural environment, such as being a noncoastal city, is an advantage, cities can “earn” the designation by working to provide benefits like affordable housing and being committed to economic sustainability.
“I see climate migration as an opportunity for these cities to avoid the mistakes of urban sprawl,” Marandi said. “They often have a vibrant, walkable downtown that might just need a little bit of revitalization.”
Keenan also stressed that climate haven cities need to help their own residents, which in turn will attract more climate migrants.
“This isn’t we’re going to build a community for tomorrow,” he said. “We’re going to build a community for today. And that’s going to be the foundation for the building of a community for tomorrow.”
Correction: Anna Marandi at the National League of Cities added two other places to the climate haven list: Ann Arbor, Michigan, and perhaps surprisingly, Orlando, Florida. An earlier version misstated the cities.
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Which U.S. Cities Are Safest From Climate Change?
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Q: How does the action (proactive, we assume) of a city to decarbonize actually help that city? The climate change is largely determined by what every sector of the country is doing or not doing to ameliorate weather extremes caused by climate change.
Lots of those cities shown here are already having lots of tornadoes and heat waves. Not really sure how people will escape consequences of clinate change. Climate change and Ai will make the world look very different in a decade or two.
This is more about politics than reality.
What nonsense. When the climate of the planet changes, it's a planetary phenomenon. "Safe from climate change" is proof that this video doesn't know that climate and weather are not the same thing. The scientific data absolutely do NOT show that there has been any increase in either the frequency or the severity of extreme weather events. Yet, this hysterical narrative that links every extreme in weather to climate change persists. It's like everyone wants to believe in their own impending doom. Sheesh…
If you count yourself among the sheep who blindly follow the catastrophic narrative without question, stop reading now and live in the bummer you'll get for it. But it doesn't have anything to do with the truth, or the science that says the climate is changing—gradually, not catastrophically. If you prefer to actually be informed, read Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, And Why It Matters by Dr. Steven E. Koonin, a real climate scientist who knows the truth and tells it like it is.
Or you can keep shoveling mythology like this video into your brain and live in terrified ignorance.
We are fortunate to live in the foothills of Western Maine, where managed forestry and waterways limit our risk of forest fires and flooding. The highest risks we face involve temperature variations. We are served by a massive aquafer, and we are in the process of installing water capture systems to keep topsoil moist.
Orlando?? I lived there for over 10 years and watched the effects of climate change: 2022 Hurricane Ian caused major flooding and power outages all over Orlando. No where, except maybe northern, in Florida is climate change proof. It's a low lying state.
Which cities? All of them. They tried global cooling then global warming. When both turned out to be a hoax, they got smarter and called it "change" so half of them can hedge their bets each year.
In 1985 the Climate guru Algore claimed by 2000 the whole East Coast of the US would be underwater, that was 24 years ago to be underwater and 39 years ago since the prediction. Algore was wrong and your climate change panic is bull$hit .
Move here. Move there! What are you doing to solve the pollution problem? Its not going away and time is not on our side!
Minnesota will be completely snow stricken we’re already getting 12inches in one day back in 2019 😊, lived there for over 10 years and love it, but is definitely not a “safe haven”
Also Miami to Duluth is a literal joke, Duluth is 1000x smaller and different than Miami
Pittsburgh is surrounded by three rivers! Cincinnati sits on one. Other cities mentioned are by big bodies of water. I would really like them to defend their criteria. A city that is green just puts a bigger tax burden on their people. You cannot stave off climate change in one town when it’s a global issue. The best you can do is create cool down centers. They don’t even mention this as criteria. I lived in Cincinnati for decades and visit. I don’t see any big changes there. What gives?
Bunch of brainwashed weirdos. Billionaires are not stupid when they buy or build on coastal waters. Think about it.
I didn't move to where I have people. I moved AWAY from humidity and heat (which had nothing to do with climate change).
Wow, what a shock. A guy at Tulane University chooses 10 cities which are ALL on the East Coast or barely into the mid-west. Thumbs down on this video. Portland or Seattle? Maybe a little warmer these days, but at least we don't have tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, sea-level rise, or a dozen other things. Plus we have a crystal clear mountain water supply, moderate winters, etc.
Like this reading! Gives us hope. Thank you, Hogarth. 💜🙏💜
Addendum – my previous comment relates to the US election. Caught the end of this video and will watch the earlier part on climate change. Thank you!
A number of these are not ideal due to the quickly rising heat storms and political disparities
Can you trust the science, or is the reporting of the science factual? I don't trust anything NBC reports.
Orlando Florida is already one of the hottest damn places in the country. Summers were almost unbearable there now. I don't see how it's going to be a climate Haven even if it checks all the other boxes
Which cities are safest from climate change? Orlando. Why? Because they are working to DECARBONIZE. I was like can it get any more stupid? Yes. They invited a chic who talked about her family problems a farmers market and how progressive her current cities is. Like WTF does all of this has to do with how safe a place is from climate change like a hurricane, flood, tornado, ice storm, etc? Literally worst reporting I’ve seen.
Jesus, Orlando. Are you kidding?
Excellent video…Very useful information.
Living in deserts or at sea level in coastal areas were never “safe.”
I’m glad I own a home in Michigan.
Chicago should be on the list.
Floridians moving to Duluth, MN are in for rude awakening. We have a natural disaster there every year. We call it winter. You elderly people thinking about Duluth better look up the winter slip and fall statistics.
I move from the Florida to the Midwest 🎉
Why do we work when men and women only used each other for a meal
Buffalo ….. if you can tolerate the Bills
The Orlando area is overbuilt, and traffic is terrible. Vermont cities are on flood plains. Cities east of the Great Lakes tend to get plenty of lake-effect snow. The folks who put this video together are ill-informed, or the content is somehow corrupted.
Crazy to think Asheville, NC was on the short list of opportunistic cities given the horrific impact of Hurricane Helene. Makes you wonder if anywhere is truly “safe” against Mother Nature.