Resilience and Climate Action

Mayor Levine Cava has worked hard to make sure that our county is future ready for a changing climate. From advancing protections against extreme heat, adaptation to sea level rise and flooding, tracking and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and reducing waste, Miami-Dade County is on the frontlines of climate solutions.

- Appointed the world’s first Chief Heat Officer.
- Created the County’s first Urban Forestry Plan that aims to help grow our tree canopy to 30% by 2030.
- Planted 16,000+ trees and gave away 10,000+, prioritizing lower income neighborhoods with less than 20% canopy cover.
- Trained 450+ volunteers, educators, and outreach workers through extreme weather and heat safety preparedness trainings.
- Installed energy efficient AC units in ALL public housing units without it – about 1700.
- Leading the way at MIA as the first airport in Florida to offer Sustainable Aviation Fuel, reducing emissions by 80%, undergoing a $547 million electrical infrastructure upgrade, including zero-emissions equipment, and advancing a $130 million project to install solar panels across the terminal roof by 2030.
- Reducing emissions at PortMiami through shore power, allowing ships to plug into our power grid while docked, and investing in stormwater management and sustainable cargo handling.
- Rallied participation of over 180 private buildings in the BE305 Challenge to cut energy and water use and costs.
- Successfully proposed changes to the Florida Building Code to require cool roofs for low-slope commercial roofs in South Florida.
- Completed 3,000+ total units of affordable housing with Green Building Certification.
- Executed agreements for a 3.5-million-ton contracted capacity for the County’s Solid Waste Department, to ensure efficient rail transport of waste, enhance our waste management system and support sustainable practices.
- Installed the County’s first three large-scale solar energy systems on County-owned buildings: North Dade Regional Library, Metrowest Detention Center, and Gibson Plaza.
- Added 250+ electric vehicles to the County fleet, accelerating progress toward electrifying the entire fleet by 2030.
- Ushered in one of the largest zero-emissions electric bus fleets among public transportation agencies in the country.
- Awarded a $4.7 million grant to install approximately 390 public charging ports at public facilities throughout the County by 2027