Climate resilience is a matter of national securityÂ
By prioritizing resilience, Florida can safeguard the military readiness capabilities its bases provide the country.Â
By prioritizing resilience, Florida can safeguard the military readiness capabilities its bases provide the country.Â
Natural features are an effective defense against erosion, storms and flooding – but only if we protect and restore them.
As Florida faces an increased threat of hurricanes, heat waves and flooding, insurers have dropped plans or raised prices
Studies show areas with natural defenses such as marshes see less damage than areas where they were degraded or removed.
A federal agency is refusing to deliver $42 million of sand to Pinellas County unless property owners grant public access.
Largely modeled after the Southeast Climate Compact, the Tampa Bay Regional Resiliency Coalition was formed in 2018.
Effective Oct. 1 of this year, mandatory flood disclosure will be required during the homebuying process.
Florida must find long-term solutions to ensure the insurance market can still function with climate change.
Forecasters are predicting an above-average season of between 17 and 25 named storms, with eight to 13 becoming hurricanes.
More than 1,000 Citizens’ Climate Lobby members will travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of Congress this June.Â
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