Facing The Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change

Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change is a one-hour film that highlights several important efforts communities here are taking to raise awareness of these challenges and address the impacts already being felt throughout the region.

Densely developed, low-lying South Florida is one of the most vulnerable regions to sea - level rise and climate change in the U.S. and the world.

South Floridians have long lived on the front lines of clima te change. Yet some are not just enduring the effects of global warming, they’re responding with resolve. They are researchers tracking storm patterns, academics studying community resilience, artists and activists rallying communities, citizen scientists and public servants helping their neighborhoods adapt to a hotter, wetter world.

Throughout the 2024 hurricane season, our film crew travelled across South Florida to document the ir efforts. What we found is that, a s global warming sparks extreme weather around the globe, the response of South Florida ’ s climate action community to its challenges reveals hard - learned lessons for the rest of the world. These are different stories united by a common theme: there’s still much work to do to face the realities of climate change, and each of us can play a role in shaping our planet’s future.

Producer

Timothy Long is a documentary filmmaker and environmental journalist who has travelled from the Arctic Ocean to the Amazon to p roduce stories for the Web and television.

Key experts featured in the film

Alex Harris, the Chief Climate Change Reporter, The Miami Herald
Brian McNoldy, Senior Researcher, UM’s Rosenstiel School
Nkosi Muse, Vice Chairman, City of Miami’s Climate Resilience Committee
Caroline Lewis, Founder of the CLEO Institute
Rhonda Haag, Monroe County Chief Resiliency Officer
Michael Berkowitz, Executive Director of the UM Climate Resilience Institute
Xavier Cortada, Miami Eco-Artist
Jennifer Jurado, Broward County Chief Resilience Officer
Josh Daskin, Science Director, Archbold Biological Station
Colin Polsky, Climate Scientist, Florida Atlantic University
Tiffany Troxler, Director of Science, FIU Sea Level Solutions Center

Film Screening - Apr 16, 2026, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Location - Museum of Discovery and Science
401 Southwest 2nd Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312