Florida's statewide climate change response ignores cause

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The last time Florida’s Legislature addressed the root cause of climate change — greenhouse gas emissions — it was in a law that effectively blocked cities from cutting emissions.

MIAMI — Despite years of warnings from top scientists around the world, Florida’s plan to address climate change only involves spending money to adapt to rising seas instead of cutting the emissions that cause them. In fact, the state has passed bills that work against those goals.

“You can’t do one without the other. When you do one without the other, it kind of negates the impact. It’s a job incomplete,” said Jonathan Webber, deputy director of environmental advocacy group Florida Conservation Voters.

A recent exchange between two state representatives over the future of Florida’s latest chief resilience officer, the person in charge of the state’s response to climate change, underscores the dissonance.

Moments before the unanimous passage last week of a bill that would create an office and staff for the state’s resilience officer, Rep. Ben Diamond, a Democrat representing St. Petersburg, suggested an amendment that would also ask the chief resilience officer to research the best methods to reduce emissions in the state.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/03/12/floridas-statewide-climate-change-response-ignores-cause/

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1. Florida state workers were banned from using the term "climate change" years ago.

[Kaleva]

2. Florida could achieve net zero emissions and it'd still drown

[XanaDUer2]

3. I'm from Miami

Yeah, I think it's too late.

[Kaleva]

4. I think it's too late

People who think that there's still time to halt climate change without making efforts to prepare are going to be in a tough spot not long from now.

[XanaDUer2]

5. My family visited The Keys

Since the 40s. I hear it's already going under

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6. Well there is no actual effect currently.

One of the disconnects of climate change is the effects are often unnoticeable in real time only after comparing a location over the decades.