BROWARD COUNTY, FL - The 14th Annual
Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit, hosted by Broward
County, in partnership with the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change
Compact,
a collaboration between Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties,
local municipalities, and other stakeholders takes place Thursday, December 8, and Friday, December 9, from approximately 8AM until 5PM each day.
This
year's theme, "Connect. Commit. Act." focuses on the
collaboration, shared goals, and significant efforts needed to develop climate
and energy solutions, adapt to climate impacts, and build broad-based
resilience cross our communities. Approximately 700
elected officials, business leaders, local government staff, state and federal
agency representatives, scientists, and nonprofit representatives will be in
attendance.
The event is being held at the Broward County
Convention Center (Grand Floridian Ballroom), 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, Fort
Lauderdale, FL.
Media registration
is available at no charge (does not include meals). Visit the media registration page to sign up.
Standard
registration ($180), which includes meals and Thursday evening reception, is also
available.
EVENT
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Keynote addresses by:
- Alice Hill, former Obama Administration national security
official, current Council of Foreign Relations fellow, and author of The
Fight for Climate After COVID-19.
- Rafe Pomerance, long-time climate policy expert, former US climate
diplomat, and subject of the New York Times Magazine article and
book "Losing Earth."
- The program also includes:
- Exploration of climate, risk,
and finance issues by a panel of global experts.
- A panel discussing lessons
from abroad, with representatives from Brazil, Japan, the United Kingdom,
and the Netherlands.
- Discussion of climate
adaptation projects at various scales.
- A panel of experts exploring
net-zero goals and strategies for reaching those targets.
- Panels of Compact County
mayors and top administrators.
- Business leadership discussing
the business case for regional economic resilience.
- Representatives of five
regional resilience collaboratives from Florida and California.
- Exploration of climate and resilience
issues featuring current and former legislators of both parties.
- A panel focused on the
linkages between the climate crisis and housing and community
development.
The
full Summit program schedule is available here.
November
22, 2022
MEDIA
CONTACT: Jason
Leichty, Senior Environment Programming Engineer
954-257-7408
jliechty@broward.org