Sea-Level Rise and its Impact on Florida

The document details the acceleration of global sea-level rise and the formation of the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact by four county governments to coordinate mitigation and adaptation strategies.

• Global sea levels have risen by approximately 8 inches since 1870, with the rate of increase accelerating over time; specifically, the average annual rise from 1993 to 2011 was 78 percent higher than the rate observed between 1961 and 1993.
• In January 2010, the county governments of Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach—representing 5.6 million people—created the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact to develop joint mitigation and adaptation strategies and influence state and federal funding and policy.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Sea-Level Rise and its Impact on Florida. https://www.wri.org/research/sea-level-rise-and-its-impact-florida

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Sea-Level Rise and its Impact on Florida. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/sea-level-rise-and-its-impact-florida.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendsealevel, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Sea-Level Rise and its Impact on Florida}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/sea-level-rise-and-its-impact-florida}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }