Milbank Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance partner Allan Marks moderated the panel “Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Sustainable Infrastructure” at Infraday Florida on August 31, 2021.
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Allan's panelists, which included senior resilience officials from Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami Beach along with the CEO of the Port of Miami Access Tunnel, discussed the following topics:
- Impact of climate change on infrastructure in South Florida
- Opportunities and challenges for new investments
- Allocation of limited resources for both resilience and sustainability, for example, preventing greenhouse gas emissions while hardening critical infrastructure
- Special water issues
- Importance of energy efficiency integration in design and construction of projects
- Local and regional collaboration and inter-agency coordination
This year’s Infraday Florida featured over 30 city and state agencies focused on the future of water, energy, transportation and other infrastructure networks in Florida.
