Your Gift Today Protects The Community We Love!

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Support the Suncoast's first Living Laboratory for Climate Adaptation — Real-Time Protection for Our Coast.

Your gift celebrates what we achieved in 2025, strengthens our core programs, and launches a bold new initiative for 2026

Celebrate What We Accomplished Together in 2025

Thanks to supporters like you, the Climate Adaptation Center delivered a landmark year:

  • Trusted climate guidance for Sarasota, Sarasota County, Longboat Key, etc.
  • Support for Selby Gardens, The Bay Park, The Ringling & cultural partners
  • Smarter hurricane rebuilding support for local families
  • Three SOLD-OUT climate events that united our community
  • Expanded Suncoast-wide climate education & outreach
  • Dozens of national & international climate talks

What Year-End Gift Supports

Your donation keeps ALL core CAC programs strong in 2026:

  • Timely climate insights on our acclaimed website
  • Our three signature public events:
    • Climate Champions Awards — January 2026 — Buy Tickets Now
    • Hurricane Season 2026 Forecast: - April 23, 2026 - USF SM - Tickets soon
    • Florida Climate Conference: The Living Laboratory for Climate Adaptation & AI — November 2026 (Exact date coming soon)
  • Climate education, community workshops, student learning
  • Direct guidance for families + resilient rebuilding support
  • Partnerships with cultural, business & academic leaders

These will ALL continue — because of donors like you.

A Bold Addition in 2026: Phase One of the Suncoast Living Laboratory for Climate Adaptation

Your gift also launches a groundbreaking new project:

The Suncoast Living Laboratory for Climate Adaptation

A first-of-its-kind, community-driven initiative that will:

  • Deploy real-time sensors, cameras & monitoring nodes
  • Measure storm surge, sea-level rise, flooding, water quality & heat
  • Test climate-resilient materials & technologies
  • Build coastal test-bed sites for proving climate adaptation strategies
  • Provide Suncoast communities with the data we need to protect our coast
  • Become a model for other Florida communities

Phase One (2026) includes:

  • Partner engagement
  • Site planning & cost estimates
  • Early monitoring-node design
  • Initial test-bed planning

❤️ Your Gift Today Does Three Joyful Things

  1. Celebrates what we built together in 2025
  2. Strengthens all CAC programs in 2026
  3. Launches the Living Laboratory for Climate Adaptation

Give now and help us build a safer, stronger, more climate-ready Sarasota — together.