Kristina Karlsson
@karlsson-kris.bsky.social
Dep. Director, Climate Policy at The Roosevelt Institute/Roosevelt Forward @rooseveltinstitute.bsky.social. aspiring used bookshop owner. My opinions.
My new brief for @cplusci is out today! I tried to take on the “tradeoff” question from a different starting point: where decarbonization and affordability are stated political goals, and the task is to find the right policy and market/ownership structure to achieve them.
Climate and Community Institute@cplusc.bsky.social · 3mo agoAffordability and decarbonization aren’t at odds—they go hand in hand. @karlsson-kris.bsky.social and @pmbigger.bsky.social discussed our new research with @alybatt.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social 🧵
🚨🚨 Today, we’re launching “Stop Greed Build Green,” a strategic framework and agenda to confront the affordability crisis and the climate crisis together by putting working people in charge of the economy and the climate transition. (1/10)
Stop Greed, Build Green | Climate and Community Institute
A new framework to put the working class in charge of climate and economic transformation.
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Extreme heat is taking a toll on workers. New research shows how a 3-degree Celsius warming scenario will have negative impacts on labor supply globally. Dive into why this is the Fed's business in our latest #FedLit📖 https://fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-7-extreme-heat-decreased-labor
Issue 7: Extreme Heat → Decreased Labor Supply + Labor Productivity
The summer of 2025’s heat waves took a toll on workers. Many of them—warehouse employees, agricultural laborers, and low-wage workers who spend the day outside—have no choice but to toil on the front ...
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🎧 This month's #FedLit is an interview with Sarah Bloom Raskin, @karlsson-kris.bsky.social, and David Barmes, Senior Fellow at @granthamlse.bsky.social. They unpack “adaptive inflation targeting” & how central banks are navigating climate-driven economic shocks. fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-6-ad...
📈 Climate change is driving inflation—and the Fed’s playbook isn’t built for it. Sarah Bloom Raskin & @karlsson-kris.bsky.social break down adaptive inflation targeting: a smarter way to tackle climate shocks without stalling the green transition. #FedLit 🌍💸 fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-5-su...
Curious about how climate risk shapes the future of central banking? Make sure you're subscribed to #FedLit 💡! Each month Sarah Bloom Raskin & @karlsson-kris.bsky.social break down critical research on financial stability and climate’s impact. fedlit.substack.com/
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💡New research shows rising temps could tank sovereign credit ratings—costing the US up to $95B by the year 2100. In the latest #FedLit, Sarah Bloom Raskin & @karlsson-kris.bsky.social break down the bond market risks—and why the Fed should care. 🌍 fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-4-gl...
Yesterday at a hearing with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senators Whitehouse and Wyden sounded the alarm: climate-driven insurance collapse is a threat to families—and to financial stability. The costs are already hitting families. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgjr...
Another great read from @karlsson-kris.bsky.social and Sarah Bloom Raskin!
Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · last yr.🌎 Our climate is impacting insurability, which has downstream effects on credit markets. The latest #FedLit from Sarah Bloom Raskin & @karlsson-kris.bsky.social dives into research that links temperature spikes 🌡️ to credit market volatility: fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-3-cl...
NEW: "Mapping the Home Insurance Crisis" contains a series of interactive maps and tables to help people make sense of the climate change-fueled home insurance crisis. A collaboration with @publiccitizen.bsky.social. 🧵 ⬇️
Mapping the Home Insurance Crisis | Revolving Door Project
A series of interactive maps and tables to help people make sense of the climate change-fueled home insurance crisis.
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Fed Lit #2 is out now! The paper we profiled demonstrates the role uncertainty plays in amplifying the econ impacts of climate risk. In light of recent "bad vibes" data tracking consumer sentiment/uncertainty - this analysis shows that vibes + material temperature changes = real economy stagnation.
Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · last yr.🔥 Rising temperatures + unpredictable economic policy = a recipe for stagnation. States with high policy uncertainty face 10x the economic hit from climate risk. More in the latest #FedLit from Sarah Bloom Raskin & @karlsson-kris.bsky.social: fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-2-cl...
🔥 Rising temperatures + unpredictable economic policy = a recipe for stagnation. States with high policy uncertainty face 10x the economic hit from climate risk. More in the latest #FedLit from Sarah Bloom Raskin & @karlsson-kris.bsky.social: fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-2-cl...
Our 1st #FedLit post focuses on insurance market dynamics in Florida. We learned a lot from Ishita Sen Parinitha Sastry and Ana Maria Tenekedjieva about how fragile, often insolvent, insurers that dominate the market in Florida, drive increased mortgage delinquencies after climate disasters. 👀👇
Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · last yr.🌪️ Climate disasters are hitting insurance and housing markets. In the first #FedLit issue, @karlsson-kris.bsky.social & Sarah Bloom Raskin explore how fragile insurers and mortgage delinquencies are tied to climate risk—and why the Fed must act. fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-1-cl...
🌪️ Climate disasters are hitting insurance and housing markets. In the first #FedLit issue, @karlsson-kris.bsky.social & Sarah Bloom Raskin explore how fragile insurers and mortgage delinquencies are tied to climate risk—and why the Fed must act. fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-1-cl...
Issue 1: Climate Disaster → Insurer Fragility → Mortgage Delinquency
“When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets”
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Hi new bluesky friends! Today Sarah Bloom Raskin and I launched a newsletter - FedLit. We'll be discussing critical climate risk literature and the stakes for central bankers. Maybe we'll nag the Fed into reading along with us. I hope you'll consider subscribing, our first issue drops next week!
Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · last yr.Central bankers can’t afford to ignore climate risk. #FedLit 🌍 is a new monthly newsletter from @karlsson-kris.bsky.social & Sarah Bloom Raskin on all things climate & central banking. Subscribe now ahead of the first issue! fedlit.substack.com
It's worth noting that the risks between short-term insurance policies, long-term mortgages, and climate change aren't new, even if we're seeing increasingly dire examples of how it can manifest. I wrote this in 2020: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Greg Greene (he/him/his)@greene.haus · 2y ago🎯 : “Economists are beginning to sound warnings, urging the mortgage industry and insurers to face the risky reality that annual insurance policies cannot always be reconciled with 30-year loans.”