Chilling new forecast for sea level rise
By Susan Nugent Sea-level rise will impact Florida; it already has. Cities are re-enforcing seawalls, raising roads and replanting dunes. ...
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Do these things to make Florida more resilient to rising waters and stronger storms
Jon Paul "J.P." Brooker These are particularly challenging times for Florida’s precious environment. We’ve lost more than 1,000 manatees in ...
The cost of climate and weather disasters is soaring so commercial real estate leaders need to better assess their risks
By Albert Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released in August drew more attention ...
Owner of coastal property dismayed about property insurance rates and what the rising seas will do to his property values
By Ed Ignatoff, Citizens’ Climate Lobby I manage my family’s commercial property in Palm Beach, which is home to seven ...
Peter Moore: Governments need to allocate more money to study Florida’s flooding threat and how to address it
An interview with Peter Moore, president and CEO of Chen Moore and Associates As part of its series “The Business ...
As the planet warms, the Florida Legislature might chill local progress on clean energy
By Jonathan Scott Webber, Florida Conservation Voters Florida isn’t just witnessing the greatest public-health disaster in our history. We’re also ...
‘Resilient technology’ can help owners of commercial real estate quickly identify risks and develop ways to address them
By Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting Perhaps you’ve heard of PropTech, CRETech, InsurTech, and FinTech. These “techs” perform valuable ...
The climate picture in South Florida by 2100 is ‘not pretty’
An interview with Albert Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which highlights ...
How will the pandemic affect hurricane preparations and relief?
By Sabrina Hu and Charlotte Stuart-Tilley, The CLEO Institute A global pandemic shutting down the world, protests erupting at every ...
The state Legislature should defeat bills that prohibit local governments from banning certain chemicals in sunscreen
HB 113 and SB 172, which will prohibit local governments from regulating harmful chemicals in sunscreen, have passed through all ...
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