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Climate Change in Florida

1000 Friends is working to develop Florida-specific Climate Change strategies that facilitate creative synergys between state, regional and local actions, and to better educate the public on the need for such action.

1000 Friends President Charles Pattison served on the Florida Governor's Action Team on Energy and Climate Change as well as the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida. Both groups are addressing the linkages between land use and transportation in Florida.

Recent Workshops on Addressing Climate Change and Transportation, Community Design and Citizen Health and Welfare - Supporting Background - Paper1, Paper 2 - Reference List - Presenters/Moderator Bios

  1. Tallahassee
  2. Orlando
  3. Ft. Lauderdale

 

 

Florida ClimateChange Events - 2010

The Florida Department of Health is planning a series of workshops addressing - Building Capacity for Climate Change and Public Health Programs in Florida. These events are primarily directed at health professional but also open to others begining in January 2010. Contact Dan Pennington if you are interested in attending - Space is limited

General Overview Information - Flyer

Specific Agenda Info by Location Below

Dates and Locations

 

Resources to Check Out

Climate Change and Health

  1. Health Problems Heat Up: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE PUBLIC’S HEALTH. Trust for America's Health, OCTOBER 2009.
  2. Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance - A charge for public health and the public. American Public Health Association
  3. The Effects of Climate Change on South Florida's Potable Water Supply Climate change is a significant and emerging threat to public health across a national and international scope. Palm Beach County Digital Public Square
  4. Additional references and links

Climate Change and Wildlife

  1. Florida’s Wildlife: On the front line of climate change . Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, October 2008

Links

  1. Florida Center for Environmental Studies
  2. FDEP - Florida Climate Change Site
  3. EPA - Climate Change - Health and Environmental Effects
  4. FSU - Florida Climate Center
  5. Florida Energy & Climate Commission
  6. Florida Action Team on Energy and Climate Change
  7. Union of Concerned Scientists - Florida Climate Projections
  8. Florida Climate Change - Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Charles Bronson
  9. The Earth Institute at Columbia University - Next Generation Earth - Florida
  10. East-Central Florida Climate Change Task Force
  11. Sustainable Florida - Collins Center
  12. The Climate Leadership Initiative
  13. Broward County Climate Change Page
  14. Climate Change and Sustainability - BLOG Site
  15. The Florida Planning Toolbox - Climate Change
  16. World Wildlife Fund - Climate Change Florida: At the forefront of climate change
  17. Science and Public Policy Institute
  18. The Nature Conservancy - Climate change is a top threat to Florida’s biodiversity
  19. The Natural Resources Defense Council - Global Warming Threatens Florida The changing climate will have a profound effect on the Sunshine State's citizens, economy and environment.
  20. Southeast Climate Change Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina Information from the U.S. Global Change Research Program, June, 2009
  21. Smart Growth America
  22. California's SB 375 Overview
  23. Smart Growth America Fact Sheet on Climate Change -- This provides a good overview of the interrelationships between smart growth and climate change.
  24. Florida Climate Change Overview --This brief paper by 1000 Friends highlights sustainability-related climate change issues facing Florida and initial steps being taken to address these problems.
  25. Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America -- This Brookings Institute study reveals that metro Floridians emitted more greenhouses gases per person than typical residents of other cities in the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas. Between 2000 and 2005, the biggest increase was from transportation, ranging from a 4.6 percent rise in Jacksonville to a whopping 58.6 percent in Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice. By comparison, the average increase in the nation's 100 largest metro areas was 2.4 percent. (2008)
  26. Growing Cooler: Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change --This Urban Land Institute study documents how key changes in land development patterns could help reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. Based on a comprehensive review of dozens of studies by leading urban planning researchers, the book concludes that urban development is both a key contributor to climate change and an essential factor in combating it. (2007)