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Climate & The Environment

Climate Action

Regional

Florida Climate Institute (FCI)
The FCI is a multi-disciplinary network of national and international research and public organizations, scientists, and individuals concerned with achieving a better understanding of climate variability and change.

Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact
Partnership between Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties, to work collaboratively to reduce regional greenhouse gas emissions, implement adaptation strategies, and build climate resilience within their own communities and across the Southeast Florida region.

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Global 

Paris Agreement

Climate Disclosure Project 
CDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. 

The Earth Institute, Columbia University Research on Climate

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
United Nations body for assessing science related to climate change.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Resources 

Nature Conservancy (Florida)
Founded in the United States in 1951, The Nature Conservancy is one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world.

United Nations Climate Action

United Nations Sustainability Development Program Goal #13 Climate Action
 

Climate Data

Climate Disclosure Project (CDP) Open Data Portal
Contains data sets on Emissions, Renewable Energy, Mitigation Hazards, Climate, Governance, Water, Adaptations and more.  

N-Habitat Open Data 
A compilation of urban indicators data of 132 counties, 77 indicators and 1500 urban areas.

Urban Institute DataViz
Key stats, graphs, and maps on economic and social policy.

World Health Data Platform (WHO) 

Climate Assessment

USGCRP, 2018: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II [Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA

UM Libraries Land Acknowledgement

The University of Miami acknowledges the ancestral and traditional territories of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal Peoples and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida who are the original owners and custodians of the land upon which we stand and learn.
 


 

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Oxford Dictionary of Ebnvironment & Conservation

Environmental Resilience Resources

Regional

Florida Climate Institute

Florida Coastal Management Program Florida Department of Environmental Protection 
 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) 
FNAI is Florida's Natural Heritage Program and state member of the NatureServe network. They manage a database of current information on Florida's rarest species, maintain an inventory of the state's conservation land holdings, and conduct ecological surveys and analyses to support conservation planning and land management.

Georgetown Climate Center Adaptation Clearinghouse on Coastal Resources 

Nature Conservancy Florida 

U.S. Green Building Council Florida (USGBC)  
Green building news, research, and education.   

Resiliency Florida
Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the development of state and regional strategies and policy to adapt to extreme weather and sea level rise. 

Resilient 305
Resilient305 Strategy is a living document created to address resilience challenges that are prioritized through intergovernmental and community collaboration. 

Sea Level Rise in Miami Dade County History Map

Sea Level Rise in Miami Dade County History Map

South Florida Water Management District
Flood control; water supply management; ecosystem restoration; real-time data; scientific papers; modeling; GIS data; survey data and more. 

see also guide for Marine & Atmospheric Science. University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science 

Hemispheric 

Nature Conservancy Caribbean 
Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, East Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands 

Global 

Coastal Resources

NOAA Office for Coastal Management 
 
Ocean and Coastal Managment Journal 
International journal dedicated to the study of all aspects of ocean and coastal management at international, national, regional, and local levels. 
 
Coastal Management Journal  
Peer-reviewed, applied research journal dedicated to exploring the technical, legal, political, social, and policy issues relating to the use of coastal resources and environments on a global scale. 

Journal of Coastal Research

Guidelines, Toolkits, Open Data

Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact Regional Climate Action Plan RCAP 2.0