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Laying the Groundwork for 'Getting to Neutral' in the State of Florida

This report presents a state-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory and lays the groundwork for a net-zero action planning effort for Florida. It has been prepared by a group of faculty and students from different member universities of the Florida Climate Institute (FCI).

This special collaboration was initiated to conduct the project “Laying the Groundwork for Getting to Neutral in the State of Florida”. The GHG emissions inventory and projections consider both emissions and removals across Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) categories and subcategories. Calculations were conducted using the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) State Inventory Tool (SIT) and the State Projection Tool, supplemented by information and IPCC methodologies not available in the EPA tools...

• https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/images/reports/GettingtoNeutralinFlorida_FCI_2022_reduced.pdf

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Net Zero Energy Policy

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Net_Zero_Energy_Policy

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Change

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Policy

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizen_Action

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Florida Climate Institute

• https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/

Who We Are

• https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/about

The Florida Climate Institute (FCI) is a multi-disciplinary network of national and international research and public organizations, scientists, and individuals concerned with achieving a better understanding of climate variability and change.

The FCI has eleven member universities – Florida A&M University (FAMU); Florida Atlantic University (FAU); the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT); Florida International University (FIU); Florida State University (FSU); Nova Southeastern University (NSU); the University of Central Florida (UCF); the University of Florida (UF); the University of Miami (UM); the University of South Florida (USF); and Stetson University (SU) – and is supported by relevant colleges, centers, and programs at these universities. UF and FSU initiated the FCI in 2010; FAU, UCF, UM, and USF formally joined in 2012; FIU formally joined in 2013; FAMU formally joined in 2014; FIT formally joined in 2015; and NSU formally joined in 2017.

The Climate Issue

• https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/about/issue

Climate variability and change pose significant economic, food security, and environmental risks worldwide. Drought, storms with heavy rain, high winds, flooding, and freeze events cause billions of dollars in losses to the agricultural and natural resources sectors locally in Florida and globally. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that by the year 2100 global average temperature is likely to increase by 1.1 to 6.4°C (2 to 11.5°F), global mean sea level will rise from 0.18 to 0.59 m (7 to 23 inches), and increases in precipitation intensity and variability will increase the risk of both flooding and drought. The IPCC AR4 also states that many regions will experience considerable deviations from the global averages and there is tremendous uncertainty regarding the regional and local impacts of global changes. Some regions will warm more than the global average while others will warm less or even cool.

Much of the climate change information communicated to the public is based on IPCC projections that are both at the global level and relatively long-term (50 to 100 years). However, many climate stakeholders, including policy makers, farmers, and the public, also need information at local to regional levels and at shorter time scales. Climate stakeholders want reliable, scientifically-sound, region-specific climate information at multiple time scales to help evaluate various options for climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Climate Projects

• https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/projects/all

All Projects

Ecosystems

Agriculture

Coastal Ecosystems

Terrestrial Ecosystems

Natural Resources

Climate Sciences

Water

Energy

Land

Human Resources

Human Dimensions

Extension

Education

Student Project

2020 Field Course

2018 Field Course

2017 Field Course

2017 Student Video Competition

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