County Key Player In Addressing Climate Change

Palm Beach County, as well as Broward and Miami-Dade, are trying to get out front in addressing sea level rise and climate change. Click title for link to article in the Town Crier (Wellington). They are also reaching out to municipalities.

An important aspect of the county plan is municipal outreach, specifically as it relates to climate, he said. “We are in the process of meeting with our cities, and we are taking a different approach in our county than the ones that were taken in Miami-Dade and Broward,” Van Arnam said.
The county is making use of the action plan to offer assistance to municipalities with their own sustainability programs.
“This partnership-building, we believe, is critical to having the implementation of the action plan be sustainable into the future,” Van Arnam said, explaining that the municipalities will have the choice of adopting the action plan in its entirety or using parts of it that apply to them to build their own plan.