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CES’ Updated Florida Climate Resilience Survey

This past month CES released the latest update in our quarterly Florida Climate Resilience Survey. With another 1,044 Floridians surveyed and incorporated into the data we’ve gathered, the results speak for themselves. We recorded an increase in support to several key questions in our most recent survey when compared to the Fall 2019 edition, the most noteworthy being the following ;

  • support for teaching climate change in the K-12 curricula increased (by 4 percentage points) to 72%
  • support for solar energy as the primary form of energy production in Florida rose (by 5 percentage points) to 56%
  • belief that Florida’s local and state governments are doing enough to address climate change rose (by 5 percentage points) to 33%.

Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis’ support for environmental issues may be encouraging these climate change approval ratings by Florida residents. The results of our survey have been featured prominently in the news: in The Miami Herald , Yahoo Finance , The Invading Sea , and has even been referenced by the Florida legislature . We eagerly look forward to getting the next set of survey results to continue gauging the pulse of climate resiliency here in Florida! View the updated survey results here .
Understanding Algal Blooms in Florida Webinar and New Website

Over the last year, CES, in partnership with the USGS, has been developing a series of FREE online videos directed toward resource managers, decision-makers and laypersons. The website with the videos was launched on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, in a one-hour webinar that featured three algae experts.

More than 200 participants representing a wide range of agencies from across the U.S. listened in and had some terrific questions for our experts. We invite you to view the webinar and check out the Understanding Algal Blooms in Florida video series on our website.
We're in This Together
CES is strongly committed to community engagement, outreach, and research related to coastal resilience, including working with vulnerable populations to support them against climate change-related threats. We hope that during this challenging global health crisis, we all use our knowledge and skills to grow the adaptive capacity of our community, where communities grow stronger locally, nationally and globally as we move through this challenge. 

Enhancing adaptive capacity is at the heart of CES’ work. CES has transitioned its operations so that staff and students can work safely and remotely from their separate off-site spaces so that we reduce risk and support the health of our team and their individual support systems. May we all use this time to care for our minds, our bodies, and our spirits; may we all keep a positive outlook in the face of fear; and may we act with reason and kindness toward others, especially supporting those who are more vulnerable to this health crisis.