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