Space Coast Climate Change Initiative
The Space Coast Climate Change Initiative (SCCCI) was established in 2007 to assist local governments in the implementation of adaptive management plans to address global climate change and the impacts on Florida's coastal communities. The SCCCI's mission is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between experts, policy-makers, and the general public in the pursuit of strategies to mitigate and adapt to the local consequences of sea-level rise. The SCCCI is initially promoting assessments of municipal vulnerability and adaptive management of the built and natural environment as the best means to establish resilience to sea-level rise. The SCCCI intends to help the coastal communities of Florida further prepare for the challenges of climate change impacts through partnerships, science, and education.
The East-Central Florida Climate Change Task Force was established to facilitate the success of the SCCCI. Recognizing the initial focus is on a rising sea level, the Task Force identified three major objectives including coastal land acquisition, regional sand management (designed to ensure best use of non-renewable and limited “beach compatible sand” reserves along open coastlines and at tidal inlets), and comprehensive planning to include consideration of climate change and sea-level rise. The Task Force seeks to initiate private and public investment that promotes growth of Space Coast “green businesses” and a workforce to meet these objectives.
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