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Collaboration in the Face of Climate Change
The Southeast Florida
Regional Climate Change Compact
The Southeast FloridaRegional Climate Change Compact
Fully Ratified January 2010
Commitments include:
•Policy Collaboration
•Develop Regional Tools
oUnified SLR Projection
oInundation Maps
oGHG Emissions Baseline
•Create a Regional Action Plan
oMitigation and adaptation strategies
•Convene Annual Summits
All documents available at http://southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org/
Early WorkTechnical Tools and Planning Documents
Notable Outcomes & Lessons Learned
Notable Outcomes
• Regional Climate Action Plan
• Adaptation Action Area Legislation
• Successful Lobbying
• Positive Changes in Comp Plans and Planning by Cities
• Shared Vision for Success for Region
Lessons Learned
• Work is Hard and Takes Commitment
• Collaboration Provides Consistent Positive Carry Forward (through political cycles).
Southeast Florida Regional Climate Action Plan
• Sustainable Community and
Transportation Planning
• Water Supply, Management and
Infrastructure
• Risk Reduction and Emergency
Management
• Energy and Fuel
• Natural Systems and Agriculture
• Outreach and Public Policy
100+ mitigation & adaptation recommendations
companion Implementation Guide also available
Compact Deliverables
• Workshops• Training/Education
• Guidance Documents
• Webinars
• Adaptation Action Areas
• Working Groups• SLR Projection
• Shoreline Resilience
workshop topics
• 2013 workshops– incorporating CC/SLR into
comprehensive, transportation, emergency management planning
– community solar
• 2014 workshops– climate communications – water supply planning – resilient redesign– adaptation action areas
• 2015 workshops– stormwater (january 22)– transportation (april 30)– resilient redesign II (july)– energy efficient public buildings
(sept)• )
Regional Sea Level Projections (Draft update to 2011 projections)
31”
61”
Potential Impacts on Water Management from Rising Sea Level
• Flood Protection (flooding, storm surge, hurricanes, coastal structures, groundwater)
• Drinking Water Supply (saltwater intrusion, freshwater wells)
• Natural Environment (Southern Everglades, coastal wetlands)
Adaptation
Forward Pumps
Impoundments& Pumps
GreenInfrastructure
Pre-storm drawdown
Revised StormwaterPermitting Criteria
Seawalls/Nat. Barriers
Everglades Restoration Water Conservation
Wellfield relocation/interconnect/Alternative Water Supply (Reuse)
Water Storage
Natural coastal defenses minimize erosion, absorb floodwaters and provide valuable co-benefits.
Coral Reefs
Beaches and Dunes
Mangroves/Marshes
Coastal Forests
SEFL Regional Climate Change Compact’s Shoreline Resilience Working Group
• Scope: All forms of natural, “living” and hybrid grey-green approaches to coastal defense that protect the SEFL mainland or the Florida Keys.
• Timeline: 2014-2016 or longer
• Goal: Improve coastal defense in the Compact region by increasing the efficacy, number and scale of nature-based erosion control and flood attenuation projects.
Coastalresilience.org and the Coastal Defense Tool
Miami-Dade Tackling Climate Change & Sea Level Rise from Many Angles…
• CC Language in Local Land Use Policies (CDMP)
• CC Language in Local Hazard Mitigation Strategy (LMS)
• SLR Projections incorporated into Stormwater Master Planning
• CC Language in Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)
• WASD/USGS Ground Water/Surface Water Modeling Tool
• Vulnerability analysis and adaptive actions in capital planning
• Miami-Dade Sea Level Rise Task Force Recommendations and Resolutions
The Comprehensive Development Master Plan - An Integrated Approach
Land Use Transportation Water, Sewer & Solid Waste
Conservation, Aquifer Recharge & Drainage
Intergovernmental Coordination
Coastal Management
Miami-Dade County Legislation 2014 & 2015May & September 2014
• R- 451-14 (May): County infrastructure projects must consider impacts of SLR.
• Ordinance 14-79 (Sept.): Infrastructure–related Board agenda items to include statement that SLR has been considered.
January 21, 2015
• R-44-15: Study feasibility of implementing Adaptation Action Areas (AAA).
• R-45-15: Implement CCATF Recommendations.
• R-46-15: Determine expertise needed and cost to develop an “Enhanced Capital Plan”.
• R-47-15: Continue implementation & funding of Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program.
• R-48-15: Work with regional partners to study & address flood and sea level rise threats.
• R-49-15: Initiate discussions with the insurance and reinsurance industry.
http://southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org/the-summit/
THE 7TH ANNUAL SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
REGIONAL CLIMATE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT