Resiliency around the Globe: Local Responses to Hurricanes, Sea Rise and Sudden Flooding

This webinar explores severe climate-related threats and how communities are responding. It highlights hurricanes in Florida, flooding in Annapolis, and last year’s disaster in Valencia. Local leaders are taking urgent action. Their focus is on building resilience and reducing future risks.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Warming waters of Florida’s Gulf Coast, sea rise, storm surges and local initiatives.
2. Annapolis’ experience with regular flooding at the heart of the historic waterfront city and the infrastructure investment at the heart of the city’s response to this challenge
3. Valencia, Spain’s disastrous flood of October 2024, with its heavy loss of life, extensive property damage, business losses, and disruption of regional infrastructure, and the region’s strategy for the future.