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Broward County Climate Change Task Force and Climate Change Initiatives

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Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Forestry

Policy

Transportation / Infrastructure

Summary:

As a response to global, national, and state initiatives and to south Florida’s vulnerability to climate change, Broward County initiated a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with a resolution to support the U.S. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement in 2007.

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Conservation / Restoration

Forestry

Land Use Planning

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

Summary:

Even a 1-meter rise in sea level, which is now a conservative estimate for the year 2100, could be devastating to the human population and to nature in Florida. The Florida Institute for Conservation Science (FICS) has initiated a project to study and communicate issues related to the impacts of, and adaptation to, sea level rise in Florida.

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Agriculture

Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Fisheries

Forestry

Wildlife

Summary:

The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) has prioritized climate change as a primary goal. Its Climate Change Initiative provides a framework from which the NCDENR can develop and implement mitigation and adaptation responses.

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Aquaculture

Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Disaster Risk Management

Fisheries

Forestry

Land Use Planning

Public Health

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

Summary:

The Puerto Rico Coastal Management Program (PRCZMP) is conducting a two-year Coastal Adaptation Project. The goal is to develop a coastal zone vulnerability assessment and appropriate adaptation strategies to help Puerto Rico cope with existing coastal hazards and future climate changes.

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Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Forestry

Research

Water Resources

Wildlife

Summary:

Defenders of Wildlife (DoW) is working with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Climate Change Team and Workgroups to define a process to incorporate climate change information into agency planning and decision making.