Southeast Navigator Network, Climate Ready America Program is hiring for 2 positions!

Project Overview

The Climate Ready America Southeast Navigator Network is assisting 72 communities in four states - Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina - that have recently received Community Disaster Resilience Zone (CDRZ) designations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This program has established "Navigators" in each state to serve as trusted partners for CDRZ communities in their state and help them take advantage of funding sources, identify capacity building opportunities, and secure technical support necessary to develop strategies that lead to tangible resilience benefits in their community.

In Florida, this program is working with all 32 CDRZ-designated communities. 

Watch the Florida CDRZ Navigators promo video and learn more about the Southeast Navigator Network.

Job Announcements

The Florida Navigator team is currently seeking a full-time Statewide Navigator. 



There is also an opening for a regional Southeast Tribal Navigator. 

When Hurricane Idalia hit the Big Bend region of Florida in 2023, Jeff Carney and his team were watching.

A coalition of architects, planners, and landscape architects led by Carney worked closely with the tiny Gulf island of Cedar Key, which is particularly vulnerable to hurricanes, to prepare for this moment. The researchers had modeled for city officials how a major storm would flood the city’s core services. 

In just five years, 930 million cubic meters of crevasses opened up in the Greenland ice sheet, equivalent to adding a crack the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza to the world’s second largest ice sheet every few days.



The increased crevassing, especially prominent in fast-flowing portions of the ice sheet, could lead to a feedback loop that accelerates ice loss from the glacier, which ultimately raises sea levels. Greenland’s ice melt has added 0.4 inches to sea levels since 1992 and is estimated to add another foot by the end of the century.

Book Signing with Max Stone & David George Haskell | March 5, 2025 | Gainesville, FL

VoLo Foundation’s 2025 Climate Correction Conference | March 12-13, 2025 | Orlando, FL

GEOHAB Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping | May 12 - 16, 2025 | Florida Keys

Feyisayo Ogunyemi Michael has been awarded the Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC) in recognition of their contributions to sustainability and climate change developments, particularly in the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in sustainability practices.

Yan Wang has been awarded $75,000 from NSF for the RAPID grant: Assessing Urgent Time Use Dynamics Among Time-Poor Populations in Preparation for Hurricane Helene and Milton.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Florida

Florida Statewide Navigator, Southeast Navigator Network's Climate Ready America Program | remote (in Florida)

Sustainability Program Coordinator, City of West Palm Beach Office of Sustainability| West Palm Beach

Sustainability Manager, Broward County | Ft. Lauderdale

Resilience Program Manager, Broward County | Ft. Lauderdale

National, International, and Remote

Tribal Navigator, Southeast Navigator Network's Climate Ready America Program | remote (Southeast region)

Postdoctoral Associate, Water, Health, Opportunity Lab, George Washington University | Washington, DC

Senior Policy & Research Associate, Climate XChange | various/remote

Senior Director, Climate Finance & Carbon Markets, World Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC

About Us

The Florida Climate Institute (FCI) is a multi-disciplinary network of national and international research and public organizations, scientists, and individuals concerned with achieving a better understanding of climate variability and change.

Email: info@floridaclimateinstitute.org

Website: floridaclimateinstitute.org

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