

2023 Southwest Florida Climate Summit
The Coastal & Heartland National Estuary Partnership (CHNEP) hosted the 2023 Southwest Florida Climate Summit. This annual event shared knowledge, showcased climate action, engaged leadership across sectors, and mobilized collaboration throughout the Central & Southwest Florida region. The summit featured innovative thinkers exchanging dialogue and ideas on expanding capacity to respond to climate challenges and building increased community resiliency as well as interactive question and answer sessions with audience members. Please see below for Agenda, Presenter Bios, Summit Proceedings and a Citizens Climate Action Guide you can use to stay informed and engaged. Videos of the 2023 Southwest Florida Climate Summit are available by session on the CHNEP YouTube channel.
If you missed the Summit or would like to share the presentations, you can access the videos here:
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Regional Climate Stressors
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Climate and Hurricane Ian
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Climate and Economy & Food Supply
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Federal Resiliency Efforts - Keynote Address from Asst. Secretary Estenoz
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State Resiliency Efforts- Keynote Address from Chief Resiliency Officer Brooks
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Local Resiliency Efforts
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Coastal Waters Resiliency
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Freshwaters & Wetland Resiliency
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Cultural Resources Resiliency
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Building Resiliency in Our Region