Community Resilience
Community resilience is the ability to prepare for anticipated hazards, adapt to changing conditions, and both withstand and recover rapidly from disruptions, but also to bounce forward toward improved environmental, social and economic health and wellbeing.
Learn more about what the County is doing by clicking on the link below to interact with the Resilience Project Dashboard, and listen to Dr. Jurado talk about the county's resilience plan here.
Meet our Co-Chairs
Commissioner Beam Furr
Commissioner Beam Furr
Commissioner Beam Furr
Broward County Commission
Jennifer Jurado, ph.d
Commissioner Beam Furr
Commissioner Beam Furr
Chief Resilience Officer, Deputy Department Director,
Broward County Government
Dan Lindblade, cae
Commissioner Beam Furr
Dan Lindblade, cae
President & CEO,
Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce
Environmental Resilience - Goals & Strategies
- Get a New Start designation and funding for the Central and Southern Florida Flood Resiliency Study.
- Complete and implement the Broward County Resiliency Study.
- Advance the 2020 Broward Climate Change Action Plan.
- Educate the public by amplifying the impact of resiliency planning and investments, sharing how it affects us all, from community livability to public health to the economy.
- Engage with external stakeholders and decision-makers who can help cast a brighter light on resiliency issues and assist with funding.
Resilience in the making
Broward County's Resilient Environment Department has launched a two-year county-wide resilience planning effort focused on building community resilience to the impacts of climate change predicted over the next half century, with a primary focus on flood and heat mitigation.
Climate Action PLanS
The Broward County Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) published in 2020 consists of nearly 100 strategic actions for addressing the economic, environmental, and social impacts of climate change. Originally published in 2010, the plan is updated every five years to keep pace with accomplishments and local opportunities.
The Regional CCAP 3.0 was released in December 2022. This plan provides a voluntary framework designed to align, guide, and support the acceleration of local and regional climate action in Southeast Florida to realize a healthy, prosperous, more equitable and resilient, low-carbon region.
Broward County's Investment In Our Future Resilience
Broward County's video on agency coordination and initiatives with showcasing solar projects and electric vehicle investments.
ENVIRONMENTAL Protection and Growth management – Resilience Unit
This County team coordinates county-wide climate resilience strategies focused county operations, community partnerships, and private sector engagement and a sensitivity for integration of urban and natural systems. Efforts include climate mitigation and adaptation strategies with a focus on future conditions planning, clean energy initiatives, organized investments, and the optimization of community and economic benefits.
The business case for resilience
There is a compelling business case for the region to make investments in resilient infrastructure now