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.

Sea Level Rise & Flooding
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Miami-Dade County is upgrading infrastructure, protecting communities and supporting innovative solutions to sea level rise and climate change.

County Climate Programs
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Learn how heat related illnesses and deaths can be prevented with public education, policies and partnerships.

Extreme Heat
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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.

Biscayne Bay

Resilience Initiatives

Building Efficiency 305: Miami-Dade County's Energy and Water Efficiency Strategy.

Efforts to increase energy and water efficiency in large public and private buildings.

Building Efficiency 305
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Miami-Dade County seeks to measure and track greenhouse gas emissions to identify and implement solutions to reduce GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Inventories
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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.

Back Bay Study
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The Sustainable Buildings Program ensures construction and renovation projects use best practices in sustainable design.

Sustainable Buildings Program

News & Events

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Join the Office of Resilience on Tuesday, Dec. 12, for an interactive virtual training designed to help builders achieve compliance with County codes, save money and reduce risks.

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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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King Tides normally occur a few times per year and often cause nuisance flooding in coastal and low-lying areas.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Help clean environmentally-endangered lands and bring them back to life. Collectively, we can make Miami-Dade County greener.

Videos

Resilient305 Overview

What We're Doing About Sea Level Rise

First Solar Farm

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.