The Climate Leadership Summit is a major regional event hosted by the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact to share knowledge, showcase climate action, engage leadership across sectors, and mobilize […]
Following the passage of several sea level rise and flooding resilience bills during the 2021 legislative session establishing the Florida Resilient Grant Program to fund resilience planning, this workshop aims to help prepare local governments in Southeast Florida to assess vulnerability and ensure alignment with state requirements. Vulnerability assessments are foundational to identifying the people, […]
While rising seas and intensifying hurricane events are typically the climate change impacts most frequently considered in the context of Southeast Florida, extreme heat is increasingly recognized as one of the most serious consequences to our communities. Known as the invisible killer, heat is the deadliest of all climate-induced stressors. A 2020 study found that […]
Southeast Florida faces two considerable and interconnected challenges to the region’s shared prosperity, resilience, safety, and economic growth—climate change and affordable housing. The region is often cited as one of the most at-risk metro areas globally due to a changing climate. At the same time, according to 2020 data from the Shimberg Center for Housing […]
Climate change presents a range of risks to communities and homeowners in Southeast Florida. This includes physical risks from increased exposure to climate hazards, such as damage to property and infrastructure from acute events like hurricanes and longer-term climate stressors like more frequent floods or extreme heat days. Private property owners in the region also […]
Established in 2021, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Resilient Florida Program has provided annual funding to local governments to advance community resilience to the impacts of natural hazards such as sea-level rise, flooding, and extreme weather events. Within the four-county Compact region, more than 97% of communities have completed or are in the process […]