Strengthening Resilience in Miami-Dade County
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The collaboration between Miami-Dade County and the cities of Miami and Miami Beach was created to respond to 21st century challenges.
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Learn about some of the risks and vulnerabilities related to climate change that our county faces.
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Miami-Dade County is upgrading infrastructure, protecting communities and supporting innovative solutions to sea level rise and climate change.
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Learn how heat related illnesses and deaths can be prevented with public education, policies and partnerships.
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Biscayne Bay is a dynamic and diverse marine ecosystem with mangrove shorelines, a shallow bay, developed and undeveloped islands, and living coral reefs.
Sea Level Rise in Miami-Dade County
Explore how sea level rise is affecting Miami-Dade County, as well as ongoing efforts to mitigate and adapt.
Sea Level Rise Strategy HubResilience Initiatives
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Efforts to increase energy and water efficiency in large public and private buildings.
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Miami-Dade County seeks to measure and track greenhouse gas emissions to identify and implement solutions to reduce GHG emissions.
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Miami-Dade County is the nonfederal sponsor supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Miami-Dade County Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study.
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The Sustainable Buildings Program ensures construction and renovation projects use best practices in sustainable design.
Climate Action Strategy for Miami-Dade County
Find out how Miami-Dade County will cut greenhouse gases 50 percent by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Climate Action StrategyNews & Events
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The Biscayne Bay Friendly campaign is an overarching multimedia and multilingual educational campaign for residents, business owners, tourists and students to highlight how daily individual actions can impact the bay.
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Residents and small businesses in Miami-Dade County are eligible to join a solar co-op to be a part of the growing solar movement.
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Thanks to a generous donation from the Brady Hunter Foundation, the fee to reserve the "Protect Biscayne Bay" specialty plate will be waived.
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Join the Office of Resilience for an online meeting series on the progress being made toward the goals of the Climate Action Strategy.
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Miami-Dade County's partnership with OBE Power is providing electric vehicle (EV) charging as a service to parking patrons at key locations throughout the County's public garages in Downtown Miami.
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On Earth Day, Miami-Dade County released the Climate Action Strategy draft report and 2021 Biscayne Bay Report Card, important efforts to address our community’s environment and future.
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Help EEL kick off its 2024-2025 season. Volunteer to clean environmentally-endangered lands and bring them back to life. Collectively, we can make Miami-Dade County greener.
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About Us
The Office of Resilience's mission is to lead Miami-Dade County to a resilient and environmentally sustainable future by identifying vulnerabilities, coordinating stakeholders and facilitating innovative solutions.
Miami-Dade County partners with local, state and federal agencies and organizations.
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Office of Resilience
Dr. Patricia Gomez
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 NW 1st Street,
12th Floor
Miami, FL 33128
305-375-5593 | [email protected]