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"We are ground zero for climate change, sea level rise, and extreme weather conditions," says Greg Fitchitt, a board member of the Miami-Dade County's Climate Resilience Tech Hub.
"That's not to make light of the significant investment needed to harden infrastructure; adapt to changed conditions with new approaches to heating and cooling; and create more resilient materials."
That's why the county, along with Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, have teamed up to create the Climate Resilience Tech Hub, the New York Times reports.
The idea is to create a "sustainable and resilient economy," as the Times puts it, with businesses and governments coming together to create products and services that will help people deal with the effects of climate change.
"We are ground zero for climate change, sea level rise, and extreme weather conditions," says Francesca de Quesada Covey, Miami-Dade County's chief economic development and cheerleader for the Climate Resilience Tech Hub.
"The situation is far from unique to Silicon Valley.
Global demand for climate-responsive technology has given rise to a new economic sector dubbed'sustainable and resilient infrastructure.' We are ground zero for climate change, sea level rise, and extreme weather conditions."
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Foundation: Gates Foundation
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Foundation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Foundation: Rhode Island Foundation
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Foundation: Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
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