Strengthening Resilience in Miami-Dade County
The collaboration between Miami-Dade County and the cities of Miami and Miami Beach was created to respond to 21st century challenges.
Learn about some of the risks and vulnerabilities related to climate change that our county faces.
Miami-Dade County is upgrading infrastructure, protecting communities and supporting innovative solutions to sea level rise and climate change.
Learn how heat related illnesses and deaths can be prevented with public education, policies and partnerships.
Biscayne Bay is a dynamic and diverse marine ecosystem with mangrove shorelines, a shallow bay, developed and undeveloped islands, and living coral reefs.
Resilience Initiatives
Efforts to increase energy and water efficiency in large public and private buildings.
Miami-Dade County seeks to measure and track greenhouse gas emissions to identify and implement solutions to reduce GHG emissions.
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.
The Sustainable Buildings Program ensures construction and renovation projects use best practices in sustainable design.
News & Events
The Office of Environmental Risk and Resilience has partnered with the Miami Foundation to offer small businesses a grant that provides funds to help purchase water stations, shade tents, cooling gear and other safety tools.
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.
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.
Biscayne Bay Specialty License Plate has officially reached the 3000 voucher registrations required to begin plate production. Proceeds from sales of the plate will go to support the protection and preservation of Florida’s Biscayne Bay.
Join the Office of Environmental Risk & 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 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.
Videos
Resilient305 Overview
What We're Doing About Sea Level Rise
First Solar Farm
About Us
The Office of Environmental Risk and 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.
Office of Environmental Risk and Resilience
Loren Parra
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 NW 1st Street,
29th Floor
Miami, FL 33128
305-375-5593 | [email protected]
