39th Environmental Permitting Summer School

This informative and extremely popular course has been updated once again for 2025! This panel of agency, industry, and legal experts will explore the projected impacts of climate change and sea-level rise in the context of infrastructure, natural systems, planning, and law for both urbanized and rural communities, large and small. Come prepared with your questions for the panel as they provide an overview of the current science and policies related to climate change with a specific focus on impacts in Florida. The discussion will identify current and future regulatory and policy implications of sea-level rise in Florida, regional partnerships/collaborations, and state and federal laws, policies, and regulations that address coastal resiliency. The panel will also examine potential adaptation and mitigation strategies to protect infrastructure and natural systems, anticipated hurdles to adaptation strategy implementation and liability, and legal considerations for climate planning and response.