The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit, held Friday, October 23, 2009 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, is hosted by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners in partnership with Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties. Participating are local officials, federal and state legislators, regional transportation, planning and water management authorities, and members of the regional Climate Change/Green Task Forces representing the four counties. The purpose of this precedent-setting summit is to develop a regional collaboration that will support a coordinated climate change strategy.
Posted on this Web site are a variety of helpful resources.
Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact
- Four County Climate Collaboration Compact
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Summit Program
Summit Webcast Video
- View Recorded Webcast of Regional Climate Leadership Summit
- View Recorded Post-Summit Press Conference
Summit Presentations
- Jim Lopez – Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Change Adaption Through Urban Planning (presentation not available online)
- Brigadier General (Retired) Joseph R. "Bob" Barnes – National Security, Energy and Climate
PDF 917 KB - Mark Way and Lauren Toretta – The Economics of Climate Adaptation
PDF 917 KB - Ken Brown – Influencing National Policy and Maximizing Federal Funding to Meet Southeast Florida's Climate Action Needs (presentation not available online)
- Dr. Nancy Gassman – Paradise Changing
PDF 2,319 KB - Gregory Stuart – Transportation
PDF 1,322 KB - Dr. Douglas Yoder – Water Resources
PDF 475 KB - James Murley – Land Use Planning
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Web Sites
Documents and Reports
- Broward County Climate Change Policies
- Broward County Government Operations Climate Change 2009 Report
- Broward County Community-wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
- Climate Change Resources for Broward’s Municipalities
- Conservation and Climate Change Challenge for all Broward Schools
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