right now i'm at the 9th annual southeast florida regional climate summit
earlier, Katherine Hayhoe from Texas Tech did an overview of climate science (and she is really good at this). emphasis: the road ahead is no longer straight
then there was a panel of county govt managers talking about planning efforts and how they were hoping to change the way municipal planning works
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ft lauderdale bldg code makes new buildings really well, it's old constructions and infrastructure serving them that are the issue
bldgs planned on 30 yr timescale
cc efforts so far mainly govt, pplitical, dirwctlt-benefitting bsnses, not enough gen. development + other businesses
suggestion: build w/ 8 inches higher flood in mind
mortgages <-> Natl Flood Insurance Program
how to reform NFIP?
underpricing real risk in home financial accessibility
(apparently Golden Beach's sucks)
good rating makes
good planning -> better rating -> other benefits?
CRS credits are a thing
(presumably good pumps, drainage)
roles for good and bad news
curoous NJ case, citizens sued for like 80 grand over a dune blockimg their view, court said yes, you get 300 bucks, because the dune actually does something for you
real estatw contracting not yet imeplemnting SLR e.g. purchase disclosures b/c 30 yr timescales
bonds (incl municipal bpnds) ratings not yet implementing climate risks (despite investor demands), starting soon.
benefits to exceeding regulation demands? nah, mostl marketing
develop on infill pls (i.e. already in dsveloped areas), rather than developing new sites
buy more land? 30% conservation land goal?
buncha state legislators this time
law and policy panel
coastal properties at risk from SLR
also, regional-specific approach to cc adaptation/mitigation
se fl can serve as model for rest of state, entire state is coastal anyway
bldg codes and zoning
agencies though, there's still stuff happening, w/ NOAA, USGS, Army Corps of Engineers
addicted to fossil fuels, but need to shift away for resilience
how do you manage gas supplies when the storm is basically running up the entire state??
Florida Keys need an emergency operations center (not just evac out when storm comes)
just got added to some sort of ratjng system?
actually, over resiliency funding in general
long power outages where they live, after Irma.