Build the capacity of frontline communities to identify, analyze, communicate and act upon their community’s climate resilience needs and priorities.

STRATEGIES

EQ-3.1 Host trainings or workshops for existing community leaders, and those whom they nurture for next generation leadership, to access and understand local climate information related to their communities.

IMPLEMENTERS: academic institutions, art and cultural organizations, local governments,

community-based organizations, non-profit organizations, libraries

EQ-3.2 Support community leaders in developing, messaging and selecting a medium relevant to their communities by providing access to regional climate communications materials.

IMPLEMENTERS: community-based organizations, non-profit organizations,

art and cultural organizations, academic institutions, local governments,

Tribal governments, Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact

EQ-3.3 Use approaches, such as a community liaison framework, that position community members and leaders to serve as a bridge between government and their communities on climate-related issues and opportunities.

IMPLEMENTERS: local governments, Tribal governments, Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact,

community-based organizations, non-profit organizations, academic institutions