Miami-Dade County: The Road to Resilience
Zero Carbon Cities
March 10, 2022

Patricia Gómez, Senior Resilience Program Manager, Miami-DadeCounty

Officeof Resilience in the Office of the Mayor
Officeof ResilienceMiami-Dade County

History of Climate Action in Miami-Dade
GreenPrint:
Countywide
sustainability plan

2009

2010

Goal to reduce
County government
energy use
20% by 2014

Release ofResilient305
Strategy

Building
Efficiency 305

2015

Compact of Mayors:
Reduce 2008 GHG
20% by 2020 and80% by 2050

2017

Release of draft
Climate Action
Strategy2018

10th anniversary
SEFL ClimateChange
Compact2019

2020

USACEBackBay Study

2021

Release of Miami-Dade
Sea Level Rise Strategy

Solar
Installations

2.020224

Miami-Dade County's Office of Resilience
ADAPTATIONMITIGATION

ADAPTATIONCOMMUNICATIONBISCAYNE BAY

EXTREME HEAT

reducing
climatepollution
reducesourcesof climatechangeaddress climate change
impacts

engage & connect

protect & restore

accelerate & coordinate
efforts

What is “resilience”?
Resilience

Preparing for andresponding to long-term
stresses and short-term
shocks by coordinating intra
and intergovernmental workin ------>

ClimateNeighborhood &Infrastru
cture

Recreati
on &Culture

Health&HumanServices

EconomicDevelopm
ent

PolicyFormulation

PublicSafetyEquityTransportationRESILIENT
CITIESPROGRAMSTRATEGYGREATER MIAMI100& THE
BEACHESRESILIENT305

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Year 1 Highlights
Introduction

100
Resilient Cities
ActionProgress:• 53 items in progress;• 6 items not started;
Our partners:• 2 Chief Resilience Officers
Surfside & Key Biscayne;• 4 cities with new
Resilience/Sustainability
Committees El Portal, North Bay
Village, Miami Shores, SurfsideAdvancing Climate Action

Southeast Florida Regional Unified
Sea Level Rise Projection
Updated every 5 years

10Our history of living with waterAdaptation: Preparing for climate change

https://www.miamidade.gov/sealevelrisestrategy

C-9

Accelerate Adaptation
Action Areas across theCounty

C-8
C-7
C-6

C-5
C-3

• Fund recommended projects​• Continue AAA planning in new area​• Coordinate with municipalities​• Continue discussions with thePlanning department

Funding:• FDEP grant• OOR funding for North Shorecrest Park
expansion

Little River
2020-2021

C-4

Next step:

Progress:• Little River AAA in-progress to identify
projects

Arch Creek
2016

C-2

C-100

C-1
C-102

C-103

C-111

Adaptation Action Areas(AAAs)

Advancing Climate Action

Communitywide Emission Sources 2019

Climate Action Strategy Targets

Emission reductions from 2019 levels
50%by 2030

Net Zero by 2050
www.miamidade.gov/climateactionstrategy

Miami-Dade GHG Forecast Scenarios

A Three-Part Strategy to Cut Emissions

BUILDINGS & ENERGYLAND USE & TRANSPORTATIONWATER & WASTE

Co-benefits - Creating Jobs, Equity and HealthGOAL: Reduce energy and water use by 20% over 5 years for cohort

Open to all interested owners or managers of existing residential and commercial buildings21Collaboration – Strengthening Connections
ClimateAllianceHealthMiamiFounda
Homes
tion
for All The Miami
Foundation Non-Profit

WASD
PROS

ISD

CulturalAffairs OEM
PHCD

Interdepartmental

MDPLS
RER

OMB
Internships
MetroLab

ResilientCities
Network
ArshtResiliency RockFlorida

Office ofResilience

University
projects

Academic

ClimateCompact

SFWMD Municipalities

Intergovernmental

DDA
RealEstate
Board

SF Regional
Planning
Council

Resilient305

USACE
Business

BeaconCouncil

GMCC

Regional collaboration is part of our DNA

Implementation andfunding support from:http://southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org/

Collaboration – Strengthening Connections
Action 49: Collaborate With Universities
RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE

Community Engagement & Communications- Centered in Equity -Thank you!
Patricia Gómez
Senior Resilience Program Manager
Miami-Dade County
Patricia.gomez@miamidade.gov

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