Climate Change and Water Management in South Florida Draft
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Climate Change and Water Management in South Florida Draft
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Indepartmnetal Climate Change Group South Florida Water Management District
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Welcome to the first Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Action Plan. The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Compact (Compact), a unique and collaborative effort among Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach Counties, their municipalities and partners, has worked over the past two years to develop this plan with an initial five-year horizon. The plan is a critical milestone of the Compact, entered into by Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties in January 2010. Much of the Compact’s work up to this point has served to unite, organize, and assess our region through the lens of climate change in setting the stage for action. Specific accomplishments include the development of regionally-consistent methodologies for mapping sea-level rise impacts, assessing vulnerability, and understanding the sources of regional greenhouse gas emissions. Collectively, these work products provide the foundation for this Regional Climate Action Plan, which calls for concerted action in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and anticipating and adapting to regional and local impacts of a changing climate. The recommendations presented here aim to accomplish those aspirational goals while also serving to protect the assets of the region’s unique quality of life and economy, guide future investments, and foster livable, sustainable and resilient communities ( English )

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