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The Office of Sustainability and Resilience (OSAR) seeks to reduce our community's carbon footprint, promote the conservation and efficient use of resources and to implement resilience measures to help ensure a vibrant future for Delray Beach. To meet our community’s sustainability goals, OSAR promotes initiatives that increase the quality of life for both the community and environment. Our focus areas include environmental education and awareness, reducing energy, water and waste, sustainable development, environmental justice, and habitat enhancement.
Resilient efforts include a broad range of actions and planning efforts, which will better prepare our community to handle the effects of climate change, including heavier rainfall events, stronger tropical storms, and higher sea levels. In everyday life in South Florida, the terms sustainability and resilience have direct application and often overlap, as many sustainable practices make for a more resilient community. Sustainability and resilience are important concepts in addressing the challenges related to climate change; the reduced consumption and reduced carbon emissions associated with sustainable activities, may help to moderate the impacts that will occur due to climate change. As climate change is a scientifically proven fact, resilience measures must be taken to protect and mitigate the impacts from climate change that our community will encounter.
The Office of Sustainability and Resilience implements an array of initiatives that range in terms of scale and timeframes, but many of our current priorities are included in the Projects and Programs webpage.