FLORIDA KEYS HOSTS ANNUAL CLIMATE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

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From left, Monroe County Chief Resiliency Officer Rhonda Haag, left, joins native municipal companions Mimi Younger (Layton), John Bartus (Key Colony Seaside), Brian Shea (Marathon), and Alyssa Panzer (Islamorada) for a municipal collaborative. KRISTEN LIVENGOOD/Monroe County

Monroe County Administrator Christine Hurley, Monroe County Mayor Jim Scholl and Monroe County Chief Resiliency Officer Rhonda Haag just lately welcomed roughly 400 thinkers and leaders from enterprise, authorities, increased training, and nonprofits to the sixteenth annual Southeast Florida Regional Local weather Management Summit in Key West.

Monroe County and the 5 native municipalities, Key West, Layton, Marathon, Key Colony Seaside, and Islamorada, are co-hosting this yr’s occasion. The summit rotates yearly among the many 4 compact members, which additionally embrace Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Seaside counties. Matters of the “Keys to Resilience” occasion included panel discussions and innovation programming trying again on the 15 years of compact collaboration and progress and into the way forward for resiliency in southeast Florida.

“This yr’s summit focuses on challenge implementation to assist sluggish or keep away from the results of local weather change and the particular resilience initiatives which are being carried out domestically to handle the results of the rising seas,” stated Haag. “This distinctive collaborative effort between the area’s 4 counties was the primary of its sort and is now being duplicated in different areas resulting from its success and effectiveness in growing resilience options.”

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The Southeast Florida Regional Local weather Change Compact. KRISTEN LIVENGOOD/Monroe County

The summit covers native resilience initiatives from every of the county’s chief resilience officers, views from South Florida county directors, an replace from Florida’s Chief Resilience Officer Wes Brooks, a view on regional collaboration with the 4 county mayors moderated by Monroe County Commissioner Holly Raschein, the Deep Blue Infrastructure specializing in reef safety, coverage evaluation, and resilient water administration with Monroe County Synthetic Reefs Director Dr. Hanna Koch, and extra. Monroe County Mayor Professional Tem Michelle Lincoln and commissioners David Rice and Craig Cates have been additionally in attendance.

The Compact was created in 2010 by Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Seaside counties to coordinate and collaborate on local weather change motion throughout county traces and is internationally acknowledged as a number one instance of regional-scale local weather motion. To study extra in regards to the Compact, go to www.southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org.

The summit is a significant annual occasion. Monroe County beforehand hosted the annual convention in 2011, 2015, and 2019, and can once more in 2028.

Later this month, Monroe County Tv (MCTV) could have the summit displays accessible for the general public to view at www.monroecounty-fl.gov/mctv beneath the ‘On Demand’ tab.

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