• Resilient Connecticut Climate Adaptation Summit
    Save the Date Friday, November 20, 2020   CIRCA’s second annual Resilient Connecticut Summit This event will be 9-12. Details to follow   At CIRCA’s second annual Resilient Connecticut Summit, text At the Summit, participants: will hear about the structure and progress for the Resilient Connecticut project. will learn about innovative resilience planning through regional case studies […]
    Posted on September 16, 2020
  • September 2020 Project Updates
    Zones of Shared Risk Map Dataset. “Zones of Shared Risk” are regions that face common challenges currently or expected as a result of climate change. These risks are shared among or between groups of people that may have different perspectives and priorities for coastal resilience. UConn Plant Science and Landscape Architecture Department’s Professor Peter Miniutti […]
    Posted on September 11, 2020
  • August 2020 Project Updates
    The ongoing health crisis has been a challenge for us all. While most of CIRCA’s work, transitioned to virtual formats this past spring, the hard work and efforts of everyone at UConn, CIRCA, and our partners allowed us to keep the Resilient Connecticut project on track, and we thank everyone for their efforts during this […]
    Posted on August 24, 2020
  • Climate Change & Public Health Mini-webinar Series
    CIRCA is hosting a mini-webinar series on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons throughout the month of September. Hear about a variety of topics on climate change and public health concerns in the Northeast. Register and read more at the webinar series website.
    Posted on August 23, 2020
  • July 2020 Project Updates
    CIRCA Selects Contractors Following the release of a Request for Qualifications earlier in 2020, a team led by Milone & MacBroom and Dewberry was selected to assist the Resilient Connecticut Team with the Phase II regional vulnerability assessment and planning process. The Phase II planning team, which also includes Western CT, Naugatuck Valley, Metro, and […]
    Posted on August 20, 2020
  • June 2020 Project Updates
    Connecticut Coastal Towns Storm Annual Exceedance Probability & Return Interval The CIRCA team reproduced the highest 44 storms between 1950-2018 using a coupled circulation and wave model. The modeled events are fit to a probability distribution to statistically estimate the annual exceedance probabilities (AEP) and return periods for expected storms. The results presented here are […]
    Posted on July 20, 2020
  • Resilient Connecticut Tools: Exploring CIRCA’s Latest Products
    Resilient Connecticut Webinar Series Exploring CIRCA’s Latest Products May 26, 2020 10:00 – 11:00 am Webinar Overview Through the Resilient Connecticut project, CIRCA has been working on a number of new tools and datasets to bring you the latest information on climate impacts. This type of information is critical as municipal, regional, and state planners […]
    Posted on May 11, 2020