Resource Database

The resource database is a comprehensive catalogue of all the materials on the Resilient Connecticut website. Select your Resource Type, Focus Area and/or Town to access a filtered selection of Resilient Connecticut materials.

Resilient East Haddam Public Workshop 1 Recording

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Recording of the Resilient East Haddam Public Workshop 1 which covers the project scope and existing and future conditions of the Succor Brook corridor.

Resilient Connecticut Public Workshop 2 Recording

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East Haddam
Recording of the Resilient East Haddam Public Workshop 2 which looked at concept designs to alleviate flooding along the lower Succor Brook Corridor.

Resilient East Haddam Public Workshop 2 Meeting Slides

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East Haddam
Powerpoint slides from Public Workshop #2 for the Resilient East Haddam project.  These slides contain concept designs to address the flooding along the Succor Brook corridor. 

Resilient Connecticut Portland Community Workshop 2 Presentation

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Portland
Presentation from the second Resilient Connecticut Portland Community Workshop on 12/12/2024.

Resilient Connecticut Portland Community Workshop 1 Presentation

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Portland
Presentation from the first Resilient Connecticut Portland Community Workshop on 7/18/2024.

Beavers and Climate Resilience in Connecticut Factsheet

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Infographics and Fact Sheets

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In Connecticut, property owners and municipalities faced with nuisance beavers have choices for how to address problems.  In Connecticut, beaver populations are managed by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP) while human maintenance of beaver dams and streams is under the jurisdiction of local Inland Wetlands Agencies.

Resilient Portland Community Workshop #2 Presentation

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Portland
PowerPoint presentation by AECOM for the second Resilient Portland Public Workshop held on Dec 12 2024.

Climate change effects in Connecticut prompt closer look at resilience policy

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By , Staff writer Dec 21, 2024 At a time when billion-dollar weather events around the state and country are steadily increasing, a new panel of experts in climate policy, finance, consumer advocacy, construction and insurance has started its work in creating statewide policies for resiliency.

VLGS resource offers solutions to address climate resilience for floodplain communities

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Energy

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Move from Fossil Fuel Reliant Peaker Plants to Batteries Could Change Lives, Report Says

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Law and Graduate School's Institute for Energy and the Environment, along with the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation at the University of Connecticut, have created a new resource to help communities in the northeast better respond to climate change.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Upper Hockanum

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Vernon
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Upper Hockanum River in Ellington/Vernon.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Willow Brook

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New Britain
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Willow Brook in New Britain.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Yantic Fire Engine

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Norwich
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Yantic Fire Engine Company No. 1 in Norwich.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Willimantic

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Windham
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Willimantic in Windham.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Waterford Public Works

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Waterford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Waterford Public Works in Waterford.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Waterford Critical Facilities

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Waterford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Waterford Critical Facilities in Waterford.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Valley Brook & Goff Brook

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Rocky Hill
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Valley Brook & Goff Brook in Rocky Hill.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Willow Brook

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East Hartford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Willow Brook in East Hartford.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Windham WWTF

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Windham
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Windham WWTF & Windham Heights.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Talcottville and Hockanum

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Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Talcottville and Hockanum River in Vernon.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for South Meadows and South End

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Hartford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for South Meadows and South End in Hartford.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Portland WPCF

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Portland
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Portland WPCF in Portland.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for South Farms

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Middletown
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for South Farms in Middletown.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Stonington Critical

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Stonington
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Stonington Critical and Elderly Housing in Stonington.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Stonington Borough

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Stonington
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Stonington Borough in Stonington.

Climate change affects in Connecticut prompt closer look at resilience policy

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Ken Dixon, The Hour, Norwalk, Conn. Dec. 21, 2024 —At a time when billion-dollar weather events around the state and country are steadily increasing, a new panel of experts in climate policy, finance, consumer advocacy, construction and insurance has started its work in creating statewide policies for resiliency.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Cross-Boundary Trout Brook

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Hartford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Cross-Boundary Trout Brook Area in Hartford - West Hartford.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Terminal Way

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Norwich
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Terminal Way in Norwich.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Staffordville

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Stafford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Staffordville Critical Facilities in Stafford.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for South Fork Hockanum River

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Manchester
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for South Fork Hockanum River in Manchester.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Simsbury Center

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Simsbury
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Simsbury Center and Farmington River.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Cross-Boundary Park River

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Hartford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Cross-Boundary Park River in West Hartford.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Poquonock Bridge

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Groton
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Poquonock Bridge Critical Facilities in Groton.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Plainville

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Plainville
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Plainville Water Pollution Control Facility in Plainville.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Pocotopaug Creek

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East Hampton
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Pocotopaug Creek in East Hampton.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Pawcatuck

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Stonington
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Pawcatuck - Mechanic and River Roads in Stonington.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Niantic

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East Lyme
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Niantic in East Lyme.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for North Stonington

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North Stonington
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for North Stonington Critical Facilities in North Stonington.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Old Mystic

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Groton
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Old Mystic in Groton.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Nod Brook

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Avon
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Nod Brook in Avon.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for North End Critical

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Hartford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for North End Critical in Hartford.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Oxoboxo Brook

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Montville
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Oxoboxo Brook in Montville.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Old Saybrook Loop

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Old Saybrook
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Old Saybrook "Loop".

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Old Saybrook Center

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Old Saybrook
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Old Saybrook Center.

Severe Weather Arriving in Connecticut Sooner Rather Than Later

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Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) recently noted that the pattern of increasingly severe precipitation, especially in the Northeast, is forecasted to continue as global average temperatures rise. For every degree of warming in Fahrenheit, the atmosphere can hold about 3%-4% more moisture, the agency explained. Global temperatures in 2023 were more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit above the pre-industrial average, and with particular heat records being set in Connecticut, it’s no surprise that precipitation records were also set as the atmosphere’s moisture capacity increased.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Norwichtown and Backus Hospital

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Norwich
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Norwichtown and Backus Hospital, Norwich.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Lebanon Critical Facilities, Lebanon

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Lebanon
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Lebanon Critical Facilities, Lebanon

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Kettle Brook, Windsor Locks

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Windsor Locks
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Kettle Brook, Windsor Locks

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Lantern Hill Road / Whitford Brook

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Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Lantern Hill Road / Whitford Brook, North Stonington, Stonington, Ledyard, Groton, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for the Kensington and Mattabessett River, Berlin

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Berlin
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for the Kensington and Mattabessett River, Berlin

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for the Lower Hockanum River, East Hartford

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East Hartford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for the Lower Hockanum River, East Hartford

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Greeneville and Shetucket, Norwich

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Norwich
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Greeneville and Shetucket, Norwich

Seeking Climate JUSTICE for All

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Environmental Justice

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The JUSTICE Collaboratory sits at the intersection of many of UConn’s research strengths – health equity, clean technologies, climate science, community resilience, and extension education – and leverages existing centers & institutes including the CLEAN EARTH Laboratory, the Atmospheric Sciences Group (which Seth leads); the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation (CIRCA); the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP); and the Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR).  “We aren’t starting from scratch and working together – we’ve worked together in a lot of different capacities,” Atkinson-Palombo points out. 

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Farmington River

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Farmington
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Farmington River in Farmington.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Groton Airport

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Groton
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Groton - New London Airport in Groton.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Fort Trumball

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New London
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Fort Trumball in New London.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Fitchville

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Bozrah
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Fitchville in Bozrah.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Main Street

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Essex
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Main Street/Ferry Street Access in Essex

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Enfield Water Pollution

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Enfield
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Enfield Water Pollution Control Facility in Enfield

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Hop Brook

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Manchester
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Hop Brook & Connecting Brooks in Manchester.

Resilience Opportunity Map for Higganum Center

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Haddam
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Higganum Center in Haddam.

Resilient Opportunity Area Map for Freshwater Brook

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Enfield
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Freshwater Brook in Enfield.

Resilient Opportunity Area Hockanum River Toll

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Manchester
Resilient Opportunity Area for Hockanum River Toll in Manchester and Vernon.

Resilient East Haddam Public Workshop 1 Meeting Slides

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East Haddam
Powerpoint slides from Public Workshop #1 for the Resilient East Haddam project which is part of Resilient Connecticut program. These slides contain existing and future flood modeling of the Succor Brook corridor which has the potential to impact the residential properties on Creamery Road and facilities associated with the Goodspeed Opera House.

CT looks to ramp up resilience measures in the face of climate change

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October 8, 2024 Connecticut is working to help towns and cities become more resilient to the impacts of climate change, in the wake of more intense and frequent extreme weather.

CT saw catastrophic flooding this summer. Here’s why you may not have enough insurance.

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In the Media

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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By: Kenneth R. Gosselin for Hartford Courant Shocking images of flooding in southwestern Connecticut this summer stirred up fresh worries about climate change but also how homeowners and small businesses may need to protect themselves with extra insurance, even if they don’t live in an area designated at risk for flooding. The federal government has reported that 25% of all property losses caused by flooding occur outside of areas officially mapped as vulnerable to flooding, a statistic that coincides with expectations for more — and violent — rainstorms in the years to come. “So that’s a pretty substantial number,” George Bradner, director of the property and casualty division at the Connecticut Insurance Department, said. “And the other issue is 25% of small businesses by a catastrophe like this never reopen their doors again. So those are two staggering numbers.” Decisions about whether to purchase flood insurance — either through the federal government or a growing number of private insurers — comes as the problem of flooding in Connecticut is now drawing increasing attention. Earlier this month, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, which represents cities and towns, issued a report recommending, among other things, that “towns should promote flood insurance coverage and other flood risk reduction strategies for properties outside the designated flooding areas.” No longer exclusively a shoreline a problem, the storms have become more unpredictable and moved inland with businesses and residents experiencing flooding at levels not seen in 50 years or more. The storm that pummeled the Connecticut town of Oxford and surrounding municipalities in August dumped as much as 16 inches of rain in a short span of time, spawning devastating flooding. The weather was described as a “one-in-1,000-year” storm. Scientists at the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation at the University of Connecticut in Groton also are examining how more sudden, intense rainstorms are overwhelming decades-old drainage systems, leading to more frequent flooding.

State calls for more climate change adaptation projects

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DEEP announced the next phase of their Climate Resiliency Fund and is in the process to gain information from towns.
Connecticut is no stranger to extreme weather. Just last month, an unprecedented deluge of rain devastated towns in parts of western Connecticut. Now, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has announced its next phase of helping towns and cities adapt to inclement weather.

New London flood prevention plan envisions ‘linear park’ along waterfront

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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New London

New London – An ambitious $16.5 million flood mitigation proposal for South Water Street calls for a combination of new flood walls and road-raising, along with design elements to make the downtown waterfront area more attractive and functional.

Yantic River flood prompts government agencies to develop mitigation plans: What’s happening

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Matt Grahn
Norwich Bulletin

The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (SECCOG), UConn-based Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA), GZA Geoenvironmental, and leaders from Norwich and Bozrah met Monday to discuss possible flood prevention strategies along the river, and then visited those sites.

Learning about the history of impacted sites is important at the beginning of a flood mitigation study. There was a site walk for parts of the Yantic River Watershed in Bozrah and Franklin earlier this year, Director or Resilience Planning John Truscinski said.

Groton seeks closer look at housing, climate resilience as defense industry expands

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In the Media

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Groton

As the defense industry expands, towns and cities in the region want to take a fresh look at housing, climate resilience, and child care, among other topics, to ensure compatibility between the naval submarine base and Electric Boat and local communities.

And the military is expected to pay for the study.

The Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, along with the Town of Groton, is seeking a Department of Defense grant to update a 2017 study, which tackled issues from transportation to land use and housing, and to take a deeper dive into housing issues in Groton.

CIRCA: Serving Connecticut’s Coastal Communities and Beyond

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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As seas and temperatures rise, the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation uses research and community engagement to protect communities across the state

Between scorching summers and unprecedented storms, the consequences of climate change have crashed down on Connecticut in recent years. Policymakers, urban planners, and resource managers are needing to make decisions with new threats in mind: more extreme weather events, heat, and sea level rise. This last threat is something James O’Donnell, professor of marine sciences and director of the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) at UConn Avery Point, knows a lot about. A physical oceanographer, his research focuses on circulation and mixing in the ocean. These factors influence how sea levels will respond to climate change.

Is your neighborhood at risk in extreme weather?

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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insideinvestigator.org by Tricia Ennis, July 25, 2024 When Connecticut experiences an extreme weather event, how much are you and your family at risk? A new dashboard from the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) at the University of Connecticut aims to help answer that question, down to your street. In the Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI), researchers at CIRCA developed an equation to estimate how areas of the state could be impacted by extreme weather, like severe storms or high heat. The equation combines the physical characteristics of an area with the type of population or services that could be affected and factors in any community resilience or other adaptive assets it has.

Fallout from climate change in CT: Focus moves to inland towns that will be hit hard

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Story by Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant

The consequences of climate change are easy to understand along Connecticut’s coastline where the sea is now forecast to rise 20 inches by 2050.

But researchers at the University of Connecticut also are now turning their attention to inland Connecticut and places that are not anywhere near the coast or even a large waterway such as the Connecticut River.

Scientists at the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation are examining how more sudden, intense rainstorms are overwhelming decades-old drainage systems, leading to more frequent flooding.

“We’re seeing more of these high-intensity rain events, and then, the water is just coming down faster than it can drain away,” Mary Buchanan, a community resilience planner at CIRCA, said. “You don’t have to be anywhere near the coast to be experiencing climate change.”

Devastating flood highlights need for climate resiliency

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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By Mike Savino  Published August 20, 2024  Updated on August 20, 2024 at 5:04 pm

In a summer of severe flooding in New England, a 1,000-year storm hit Connecticut. Here’s how.

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The weather models didn’t see it coming. But “training” storms and an already primed atmosphere converged to deliver a surge of devastating rainfall.

On Aug. 19, 1955, the unimaginable happened.

A downgraded hurricane named Diane blasted the small rural town of Burlington, Conn., with a record 12-plus inches of rain and left 77 people dead statewide. Residents thought they had seen the worst of Mother Nature.

Then came this past Sunday, 69 years later to the day. And this time southwestern Connecticut felt the blow not from a hurricane and its the driving rain and slashing winds but from a storm so strong and so unusual in its ferocity that scientists categorized it as a historic, “1-in-1,000-year storm.” It broke Diane’s rainfall record by several inches.

How can Connecticut prepare for a 1,000-year flood? It can’t, but strategy is changing

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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By , Staff writer Aug 21, 2024

https://www.ctinsider.com/
Sunday's storms have been described in many ways: a rain bomb, training storms, flash floods.
And then there is 1,000-year flood.
The devastating storm that flooded parts of Connecticut and swept away roads was far more than infrastructure could handle. Twelve-plus inches of rain fell in a short period, or three months worth of rain for the state.
But what exactly is a 1,000-year flood? No, it's not a flood that happens once only every 1,000 years, but instead a flood that has a one in 1,000 chance of happening in any given year, as the U.S. Geological Survey explained. That calculation — how often flooding events are likely to happen, is part of how flood risk maps are derived.

Summer heat smashed records a CT city study seeks out neighborhoods suffering the most

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Hartford Courant Summer heat smashed records a CT city study seeks out neighborhoods suffering the most

Opinion: Protecting Connecticut workers from heat is a hot topic

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CT Mirror CT Viewpoints Opinion: Protecting Connecticut workers from heat is a hot topic August 30, 2024 @ 12:01 am In most of the nation, all you need to do is to step outside to feel one of Connecticut’s deadliest hazards: extreme heat. So far in 2024, the dangers of heat illness have killed 34 workers nationally both indoors and out. In July, the U.S. Department of Labor announced publication of a proposed rule to reduce the significant health risks for workers exposed to hazardous heat in outdoor and indoor settings.

Resilience Opportunity Areas (ROARs) in CRCOG Storymap

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The map shows the CRCOG project area with the top ROARs highlighted

Resilience Opportunity Areas (ROARs) in SCCOG Storymap

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The map shows the SCCOG project area with the top ROARs highlighted.

Resilience Opportunity Areas (ROARs) in RiverCOG Storymap

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The map shows the RiverCOG project area with the top ROARs highlighted.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Westbrook

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Westbrook
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Downtown Westbrook

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Old Lyme

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Old Lyme
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Old Lyme

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for New London

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New London
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for New London

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Clinton

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Clinton
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Downtown Clinton

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Durham Center

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Durham
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Durham Center

Barriers to Equity Within Environmental Justice and Climate Justice Grant Programs

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Environmental Justice

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Article by Joanna Wozniak Brown and Mary Buchanan.  In 2020, Connecticut undertook a statewide engagement process via the Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3) to develop priorities for climate change mitigation and adaptation, especially from an equity approach. A priority action from the GC3 process called for grants to fund participation by community-based organizations and nongovernmental organizations to increase representation from communities that have been marginalized. This is similar to efforts from other states and the federal government to direct funds to historically excluded groups to redress inequities or to financially support their participation and sharing of their expertise in these processes. While the programs have the intent to address inequity, often the grantmaking mechanisms can make it harder for marginalized groups to participate in the grant process, nullifying the grant’s intent. This review of environmental justice and climate justice grant programs offers insight to grantmakers on embedding equity into the grant process and, ideally, achieving their intent.

Resilience Roadmap

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Over the course of developing the Resilient Connecticut project, including the pilot project in the 1.0 area and the expansion through the 2.0 area, CIRCA and its partners documented lessons learned and recommendations for the future. These recommendations can provide a pathway forward for the state as we continue to experience the impacts of climate change. For a full discussion of lessons learned and detailed recommendations for the following overarching themes, please see the following report. 

10 Steps to Municipal Resilience Webpage

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This webpage is a guide for towns to increase municipal resilience to the foreseeable impacts of climate change, through the following 10 steps. Links below each step describe CIRCA’s and other organizations' resources and tools to help communities take action.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for City of Groton

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Groton
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for City of Groton Five Corners Intersection

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Groton Waste Water Treatment Plant

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Groton
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Groton Waste Water Treatment Plant

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Southington

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Southington
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Southington

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Chester

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Chester
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Chester

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Wethersfield

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Town:

Wethersfield
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Central Wethersfield

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Burnham Brook in East Hartford

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

East Hartford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Burnham Brook in East Hartford

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Jewett City

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Griswold/Jewett City
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Jewett City in Griswold.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Mystic Stonington

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Stonington
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Mystic Stonington

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Baltic Critical Facilities

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Sprague
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Baltic Critical Facilities in Sprague.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Portland

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Portland
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Portland Critical Facilities.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Downtown Norwich

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Norwich
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Downtown Norwich

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Piper Brook

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Newington
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Piper Brook in Newington.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for The City of Groton

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Groton
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Avery Point and Beaches in The City of Groton.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Downtown East Hartford

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

East Hartford
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for East Hartford.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for East Haddam

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

East Haddam
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Goodspeed/Succor Brook in East Haddam.

Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Andover

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Andover
Resilience Opportunity Area Map for Andover Town Garage on Hop Brook.

Use this Tool to Track your Neighborhood’s Vulnerability to Extreme Weather

Type:

In the Media

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Article on Fox61 about the Climate Change Vulnerability Index for floods and heat developed by Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation at UConn.

Resilient Portland Community Workshop #1 Presentation

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Portland
Presentation slides by AECOM and CIRCA for the Resilient Portland 1st community workshop.

Extreme Heat Response and Planning in CT Poster

Type:

Infographics and Fact Sheets

Focus Area:

Heat

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Informational on Extreme Heat Response and Planning in CT by Joanna Wozniak-Brown and Laura Bozzi.

Synthesis Report Appendix A Support Activities

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
• Flood Risk Assessment • Adaptation Option Evaluation • Capacity-Building Activities

Synthesis Report Appendix B Map Viewers

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
  • Climate Change Vulnerability Index
  • CCVI Flood Viewer
  • CCVI Extreme Heat Viewer
  • Zones of Shared Risk Viewer
  • Connecticut Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Viewer
  • Connecticut Coastal Towns Storm Annual Exceedance Probability/Return Interval Viewer

Synthesis Report Appendix C Zoning Library

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Zoning is one tool communities can use to enhance local resilience to climate change impacts like flooding, sea level rise, and increased heat. Regulations can be targeted to protect natural buffering features and green infrastructure, incentivize development density in specific areas, and specify resilient design to reduce impacts of storms, sea level rise, and increasing heat.

Synthesis Report Appendix D Extreme Heat Toolkit

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Heat

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Purpose [At conclusion of municipal heat planning study, add discussion of study’s findings ● Will establish purpose of toolkit ● Explanation of at what level(s) heat response happens in CT ○ Identify gaps found through interview data] Goals of Toolkit 1. To provide resources that help Connecticut’s municipal leaders fill gaps in local extreme heat planning a. To provide tools that municipal leaders can easily adapt to their local contexts i. These tools include the following: 1. Communication templates 2. Cooling center best practices 3. A diverse collection of policy and planning actions 4. Advice on creating a heat response plan 2. To provide Connecticut-specific information on how extreme heat impacts the health of residents, especially vulnerable people. 3. To provide extreme heat safety tips for Connecticut’s residents

Synthesis Report Appendix E Fact Sheets and Case Studies

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
  • City of Norwalk Climate Resiliency Case Study
  • Bridgeport Climate Action Case Study
  • Energy Resilience for Connecticut Municipalities Infographic
  • Energy Opportunities for Connecticut Municipalities in the Inflation Reduction Act
  • Implementing New Flood Prevention, Climate Resilience, and Erosion Control Boards
  • Stormwater and Climate Resilience (English)
  • Aguas Pluviales y Resiliencia Climática (Español)
  • Stormwater and Climate Resilience: Next Steps to Create a Municipal Stormwater Authority (English)
  • Aguas pluviales y resiliencia climática: Próximos pasos para crear una autoridad municipal de aguas pluviales (Español)
  • Ten Steps to Municipal Resilience
  • Branford’s Coastal Resiliency Reserve Fund
  • CIRCA’s Resilient Connecticut Project (English)
  • Proyecto Connecticut Resiliente de CIRCA (Español)
  • Conservation Commissions and Natural Resource Resilience (English)
  • Comisiones de Conservación y Resiliencia de Recursos Naturales (Español)
  • Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding in Connecticut Fact Sheet
  • Rising Temperatures and Precipitation in Connecticut Fact Sheet

Synthesis Report Appendix F White Papers

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
  • Historic Resource Surveys in Risk Zones: Climate Action
  • Integrating Climate Change Adaptation Into and Across Local Plans
  • Gaps and Opportunities for Local Resilience Planning in Connecticut
  • Emergency Sheltering & Cooling Center Practices in Connecticut
  • Floodplain Building Elevation Standards for Critical Facilities and Activities

Synthesis Report-Appendix G

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Danbury
Resilient Danbury Adaptation Options Final Report

Synthesis Report-Appendix H

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Norwalk
Resilient South Norwalk Adaptation Options Final Report

Synthesis Report – Appendix I

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Fairfield
Resilient Fairfield Adaptation Options Final Report

Synthesis Report Appendix J

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Ansonia
Resilient Ansonia Adaptation Options Final Report

Synthesis Report Appendix K

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Stratford
Resilient Stratford South-End Adaptation Options Final Report

Synthesis Report Appendix L

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

New Haven
Resilient Fair Haven Adaptation Options Final Report

Synthesis Report Appendix M

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Branford
Resilient Meadow Street Adaptation Options Final Report

Resilient Connecticut Synthesis Report

Type:

Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
The Resilient Connecticut Synthesis Report is a comprehensive document which summarizes and “synthesizes” the planning process in Fairfield and New Haven Counties.

Energy Resilience for Connecticut Municipalities

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
UConn School of Law/CEEL/CIRCA Poster #2 for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. Describes strategies for improving energy resilience. These strategies include distributed generation, electrification, efficiency, storage, and demand-response.

Municipal Tools for Promoting Climate Resilience

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
UConn School of Law/CEEL/CIRCA Poster #1 for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. Describes using zoning to protect natural buffering areas, specify resilient design, and specify the level of development density in specific areas.

Building Climate Resilience at the Local Level

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Sustainable CT Poster for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. Sustainable CT aims to foster inclusive, resilient, and vibrant Connecticut municipalities that provide opportunities for all to thrive by. They provide community match funding for projects that allign with their "menu" of actions. These actions aim to enhance climate resilience, health improvment, cost reduction, and community building.

Using GIS and Real-time Data in Local Emergency Operations Centers and for Emergency Preparedness Planning

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Town of Greenwich Poster for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. Highlights the power of GIS in planning and staging emergency responses to weather related disasters.

Energy Storage Solutions

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Connecticut Greenbank Poster for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. This program incentivises propeprty owners to install a battery system that is powered by solar or low-emission grid sources. This solution could protect homes and businesses from outages while using less fossil fuels than generators and being affordable to install.

Resilient Bridgeport

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Bridgeport
Connecticut DOH Poster for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. Describes the resilient Bridgeport program. This is a prototype project led by the State of Connecticut aimed at protecting homes, businesses, and infrastructure in the South End from acute and severe flood damage.

Incorporating Flood and Heat Vulnerability Into Municipal Planning & Projects

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
CIRCA poster for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. Describes Phase III Projects that focus on location spcific planning considering flooding, sea level rise, and heat index variability.

You Might Want to Consider a Stormwater Utility

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
CLEAR Poster for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. Describes the benefits of establishing a stormwater utility entities funded by user fees. These benefits include providing direct funding to resiliency projects, incentivising property owners to implement green infrastructure, and flexable fee systems for verying levels of equity.

A Climate Resilient Approach to Marsh Restoration

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Connecticut Audubon Poster for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. Describes a climate resilient approach to marsh restoration funded by user fees. This is done by modeling future conditions, improving design, and having meaningful engagement with stakeholders.

Super Storm Sandy in Connecticut: Progress & Challenges After Ten Years. New Haven: 10 years laterSuperstorm Sandy Presentation.

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

New Haven
Flood disaster repair and resiliency planning presentation done by Giovanni Zinn from the City of New Haven. Discusses the projects the City of New Haven has undergone to recover from and prepare for extreme storm surges.

Super Storm Sandy in Connecticut: Progress & Challenges After Ten Years. Resilient Connecticut Presentation.

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Resilient Connecticut Presentation given by John Truscinski from CIRCA. Describes the Resilient Connecticut planning framework.

Super Storm Sandy in Connecticut: Progress & Challenges After Ten Years. Community Development Block grant Disaster Recovery Presentation.

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) presentation done by Hermina Delaire from the DOH. Discusses strategies, challenges, and decisions regarding fund allocation.

Super Storm Sandy in Connecticut: Progress & Challenges After Ten Years. National Disaster Resilience Presentation.

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
National Disaster Resilience presentation done by Alanna Cavanagh Kabel from the CPD. Discusses opportunities an challenges for Connecticut municipalities to obtain federal disaster funding.

Super Storm Sandy in Connecticut: Progress & Challenges After Ten Years Event Video, Transcripts, and Presentations

Type:

In the Media

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Video, Transcript, and Presentation navigator for Superstorm Sandy event.

Breakout 2: Municipal Roadmap with a focus on Municipal Energy Resilience

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
This session presented common themes and challenges that emerged from the Resilient CT planning process in Fairfield and New Haven Counties (Resilient CT 1.0). The second presentation focused on how municipalities can take advantage of recent Federal programs under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), to support projects and actions that improve the resilience of local energy infrastructure. Presenters: John Truscinski (CIRCA) / Kirt Mayland (CIRCA). 2023 CIRCA Summit.

Breakout 1: CIRCA Phase III Projects (Phae III 1.0)

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
CIRCA is completing the Resilient Connecticut 1.0, Phase III projects in seven towns in Fairfield and New Haven Counties.† The session gave an overview of the projects in Ansonia, Branford, Danbury, Fair Haven, Fairfield, South Norwalk and Stratford with lessons learned. Presenter: David Murphy (CIRCA). Panelists: Emmeline Harrigan (Planner Fairfield), Michelle Andrzejewski (Norwalk). 2023 CIRCA Summit.

Breakout 2: Zoning For Resilience

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Policy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
The CIRCA legal team is developing a Climate Resilient Zoning library with resources on how to use zoning authority to address climate change vulnerabilities in municipalities. Presenters: Louanne Cooley (CIRCA), Kayla Vargas (CIRCA). CIRCA Summit 2023.

Breakout 3: CT Environmental Justice Screening Tool: Environmental Justice for Resilient Pathways through Geospatial Information

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Environmental Justice

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Environmental justice is a cornerstone of sustainable and resilient communities. The Connecticut Environmental Justice Screening Tool (CT EJ Screen) is dynamic GIS-based mapping tool that intricately combines environmental and demographic indicators to spotlight areas that may grapple with disproportionate pollution and health challenges. Presenters: Yaprak Onat (CIRCA), Mary Buchanan (CIRCA), Libbie Duskin (CIRCA) and Edith Pestana (CT DEEP). 2023 CIRCA Summit.

Breakout 1: CIRCA Phase III 2.0 Project

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
The Resilient CT program has expanded statewide, with the planning process for the RiverCOG and SCCOG regions completed in 2023. This session provided an overview of the goals of the new projects and included interactive polling to help participants understand the types of choices needed to adapt. Presenter: David Murphy (CIRCA). 2023 CIRCA Summit.

Resilience Hubs for a More Resilient Connecticut

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Resilience hubs can increase bottom-up community-led resilience efforts by leveraging existing trusted and utilized spaces or facilities. In this session weíll hear more about the resilience hub concept, and what challenges and opportunities exist for communities that want to implement them in CT. 2023 CIRCA Summit.

A Long-Term Strategy For Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Program Update

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Jim O'Donnell, the Executive Director of CIRCA, along with John Trusciniski, the Director of Resilience Planning, provided a comprehensive overview of CIRCA's mission and programs, highlighting the breadth of projects and engagement within the institute since its inception. 2023 CIRCA Summit.

2023 CIRCA Summit A Climate Resilience Roadmap for Connecticut Recording

Type:

In the Media

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Video of CIRCA 2023 Summit

June 14: Case Study, Michael Recher Bloom Energy Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
June 14: Bloom Energy Overview and Hartford Microgrid Case Study: gives Bloom Energy overview and looks at Bloom Solutions as well as a Fuel Cell Community Microgrid with City of Hartford

June 14: Case Study Mark Sassi Bridge Energy Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
June 14: Microgrids, Fuel Cells and Battery Energy Storage Systems

Introduction to Municipal Energy Resilience Panel Amy Thompson Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
June 7, 2023: Municipal Energy Resilience: SmartBuildings

Introduction to Municipal Energy Resilience Panel Mark Sassi Bridge Energy Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
6/7/2023: Municipal Energy Resilience Webinar Series: Microgrids, Fuel Cells, &Battery Energy Storage Systems

June 14: Case Study, Round Table Discussion and Q and A Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
June 14: Learn about municipal energy vulnerabilities, funding and incentive programs through the Inflation Reduction Act, CT state programs for microgrids and energy efficiency, solar and battery systems, fuel cells and more.

Kirt Mayland CIRCA Presentation for June 7 Municipal Resilience Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
June 7, 2023: Discusses Energy and Tax Credit and its ties to Connecticut communities

Municipal Energy Resilience June 7 Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
June 7, 2023: Municipal Energy Resilience: Assessment of municipal energy resilience, programs available at the federal and state level for energy infrastructure, and steps towns can take.

Regional Workshop Indroduction and Climate Change Vulnerability Index Metro COG Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
February 8, 2021: Metropolitan COGheld their first regional workshops with the four Council of Governments (COGs) in New Haven and Fairfield Counties. Workshops included information sessions and breakout review groups on the Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) and Zones of Shared Risk

Climate Change Vulnerability Index and Zones of Shared Risk Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
January 22, 2021 Naugatuck Valley COG Planning Approaches for Assessing Vulnerabilities and Climate Adaption Choices Recording NOG

Climate Change Vulnerability Index: Pilot (Fairfield and New Haven Counties)

Type:

Maps and Viewers

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Map Viewer of preliminary CCVI  for Fairfield and New Haven Counties with combined built, social and ecological factors to identify areas vulnerable to flooding and heat.

Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) Factsheet

Type:

Infographics and Fact Sheets

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Factsheet discussing the calculation of the pilot CCVI for Fairfield and New Haven Counties and how it will be helpful to use for municipalities

Breakout Session 2: Building Technical Capacity and Tools for Resilience Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020: Resilient Connecticut is parlaying CIRCAís climate research into tailored tools and crafting a Municipal Toolkit to support municipalities in their efforts. This session introduces initial components of the Municipal Toolkits

Track 3: Land Use a Resiliency Issue Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020 Sara C. Bronin Presenation on Land Uae from Desegregate CT

Track 3: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection GC3 Public Forum Kickoff Meeting

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Energy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020: Governor's Councol On Climatr Change Presentation on Climate Change in CT

Breakout Session 3: Climate Adaptation Policy and Implementation Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Policy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020: This breakout session will feature two speakers currently working on state-level initiatives related to climate policy

Track 2: Climate Change Vulnerability Index Methodology Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020 Climate Change Vulnerability Index Methodology Slide

Senator Chris Murphy Remarks Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Policy

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020 Senator Chris Murphy Remarks at Second Annual Resilient Connecticut Summit

Track 1: Resilience Planning: Challenges, Opportunities and Interconnections: Transportation Orientated Development Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020 Norwan W. Garrick and Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Rosalie Ray Slide Deck on Transit Oriented Development

Track 1: From Data to Resilient Adaptation Projects Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020 Track.1 and Breakout Session 1 Slide Deck

Breakout Session 1: Resilience Planning: Challenges, Opportunities and Interconnections Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020: Breakout Sessin 1 with the focus on the impacts of climate change in Connecticut affecting human health, ecological systems, the built environment and critical infrastructure.

Track 2: Municipal Resilience Report Card: Milford Case Study Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020 Yaprak Onat Building Technical Capacity and Tools for Resilience

Resilient Connecticut 2nd Annual Summit Projgress Report Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Novemmber 20, 2020 Resilient Connecticut Progress Report Slide Deck from John Truscinski CIRCA Director of Resilience Planning

Resilient Connecitcut Phase II From Data to Resilient Adaptation Projects

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020 Resilient Connecticut David Murphy Manager of Water Resource Planning, Milone and MacBroom

Rhode Island AG Addressing Instance of Climate/Environmental Injustice Through Climate Liability Litigation Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020 Key Note Speaker Barry E. Hill Visiting Scholar Slide Deck

Environmental Rights, Public Trust and Public Nuisance: Addressing Climate Injustices Through State Climate Liability Litigation

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Environmental Justice

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Journal Article from Keynote Speaker Barry E. Hill

Keynote Speaker Address Resilient Connectiut Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Environmental Justice

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20,2020 Keynote Speaker discussing the close relationship between environmetal justice and climate justice in the U.S. and how the victims of environmental/climate injustice are potential climate refugees

Opening Session Second Annual Resilient Connecticut Summit Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20, 2020 Opening Speakers of the 2nd Annual Resilient Connecituct Summit with Introduction and Project Overview

Resilient Connecticut Summit Agenda

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
November 20,2020 Resilient Connecticut (Virtual Summit)

NVCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Informational packet

Type:

Infographics and Fact Sheets

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Naugatuck Valley COG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Informational packet from the May 2021 Workshop.

WestCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Informational packet

Type:

Infographics and Fact Sheets

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
WestCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Informational packet from the May 2021 Workshop.

MetroCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop Presentation Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
MetroCOG Presentation Recording from the Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop held in May 2021.

WestCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop Presentation Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
WestCOG Presentation Recording from the Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop held in May 2021.

NVCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop Presentation Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Naugatuck Valley COG Presentation Recording from the Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop held in May 2021.

South Central Regional COG (SCRCOG) Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Informational packet

Type:

Infographics and Fact Sheets

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
South Central Regional COG (SCRCOG) Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Informational packet from the May 2021 Workshop.

MetroCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Informational packet

Type:

Infographics and Fact Sheets

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
MetroCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Informational packet from the May 2021 Workshop.

NVCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Naugatuck Valley COG Presentation slide deck from the Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop held in May 2021.

WestCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
WestCOG Presentation slide deck from the Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop held in May 2021.

MetroCOG Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
MetroCOG Presentation slide deck from the Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop held in May 2021.

South Central Regional COG (SCRCOG) Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
South Central Regional COG (SCRCOG) Presentation slide deck from the Regional Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities Workshop held in May 2021.

Decision-Making Challenges Facing Municipalities in a Time of Climate Change: KeyNote Presentation Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Keynote Presentation on Decision-Making Challenges Facing Municipalities in a Time of Climate Change from Dr. Linda Shi, Cornell University, Department of City and Regional Planning at the Uconn Earth Day Conference in 2022.

Resilient Fairfield Presentation Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Fairfield
Slide deck from the Resilient Fairfield Project presented by AECOM at the Resilient Connecticut Innovative Design Workshop held May 2023.

Resilient Ansonia Presentation Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Ansonia
Slide deck from the Resilient Ansonia Project presented by AECOM at the Resilient Connecticut Innovative Design Workshop held May 2023.

Resilient South End Stratford Presentation Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Stratford
Slide deck from the Resilient South End Project presented by GZA at the Resilient Connecticut Innovative Design Workshop held May 2023.

Resilient Fair Haven, Danbury and Branford Presentation Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
Slide deck from the Resilient Fair Haven, Danbury and Branford Projects presented by Fuss & O'Neill at the Resilient Connecticut Innovative Design Workshop held May 2023.

Uconn Earth Day Conference Recording

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
CIRCA, the UConn School of Law's†Center for Energy & Environmental Law (CEEL), and the UConn Diversity Alliance partnered to host a 2022 Earth Day Conference focused on building resilient communities. This event brought together specialists in environmental law, municipal finance, climate and marine science, and community planning and included remarks from Senator Christine Cohen and CT DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes.

Resilient South Norwalk Presentation Slide Deck

Type:

Presentations

Focus Area:

Planning

Town:

Norwalk
Slide deck from the Resilient South Norwalk Project presented by AECOM at the Resilient Connecticut Innovative Design Workshop held May 2023.

Regional Workshop – CCVI & ZSR – NVCOG Presentation Recording

Type:

Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
The Resilient Connecticut team (CIRCA and consultants: Milone & MacBroom and Dewberry) held their first regional workshops with the four Council of Governments (COGs) in New Haven and Fairfield Counties. This video is about the CCVI and ZSR in NVCOG.

Zones of Shared Risk Map Viewer

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Maps and Viewers

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Planning

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Viewer of Zones of Shred Risk for the Resilient Connecticut Program.

Regional Workshop – CCVI & ZSR ñ WestCOG Presentation Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

Town:

Applies to Multiple Towns
The Resilient Connecticut team (CIRCA and consultants: Milone & MacBroom and Dewberry) held their first regional workshops with the four Council of Governments (COGs) in New Haven and Fairfield Counties. This video is about the CCVI and ZSR in WestCOG.

Regional Workshop – CCVI & ZSR ñ MetroCOG Presentation Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
The Resilient Connecticut team (CIRCA and consultants: Milone & MacBroom and Dewberry) held their first regional workshops with the four Council of Governments (COGs) in New Haven and Fairfield Counties. This video is about the CCVI and ZSR in MetroCOG.

Zones of Shared Risk Workshop Presentation Slide Deck

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Presentations

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Planning

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Zones of Sahred Risk Presentation from the Workshops in Four COG Regions ñ Winter 2021

CIRCA’s Decarbonization and Energy and Biodiversity, Ecosystem, and Conservation Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Energy

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Join†Chad Rittenhouse, Professor in Residence of NRE†to learn and discuss his research on Decarbonization and Energy and Biodiversity, Ecosystem & Conservation.

CIRCA’s Resilience Adaptation and Engineering and Inland and Coastal Flooding Webinar Recording

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Presentations

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Join†James OíDonnell, Professor of Marine Sciences, to learn and discuss his research on Resilience Adaptation and Engineering and Inland and Coastal Flooding.

Zones of Shared Risk (ZSR) Factsheet

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Infographics and Fact Sheets

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
ìZones of Shared Riskî are regions that face common flood, wind, or heat-related challenges already, or caused by climate change. A Zone of Shared Risk (ZSR) includes land, buildings, and infrastructure as well as the hydrological, ecological, social, and institutional elements that contribute to the functioning of a place.

Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) Slide Deck

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Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
What is the CCVI is and how do you use it? from the Workshops in Four COG Regions ñ Winter 2021

Connecticut’s Climate for 2050 | UConn Promotional Video

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In the Media

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Watch the video to see what changes are in store for CT, and why it is so vital we reduce our emissions.

Resilient Connecticut Phase III ñ Designing Seven Projects for Municipal Resilience Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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These seven new projects will include local engagement, detailed analysis, and the development of concept plans. During this CIRCA ìbrown-bagî webinar, participants joined to learn about and ask questions about these seven projects chosen in New Haven and Fairfield Counties.

CIRCA’s Climate Justice and Equity and Public Health and Emergency Management Webinar Recording

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Presentations

Focus Area:

Environmental Justice

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Join†Eleanor Ouimet, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, to learn and discuss her research on†Climate Justice and Equity and Public Health and Emergency Management.

CIRCA’s Economy, Workforce and Planning Perspectives and Climate Communication and Policy Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Join a conversation with†Shareen Hartel, Professor of Political Science and Human Rights,†Desen Ozkan, Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department and†Eleanor Ouimet, Assistant Professor of Anthropology to learn and discuss research on†Economy, Workforce and Planning Perspectives and Climate Communication and Policy.

Addressing Climate Change Through Resilient Development Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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CIRCA partnered with the Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS) to host a webinar on May 28, 2019 focused on topics related to the Resilient Connecticut Project.

New Planning and Visualization Tools for Sea Level Rise Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
On this webinar, new planning tools released by CIRCA and UConnís Center for Energy and Environmental Law (CEEL) were highlighted, including three ìresilience scenariosî that can be used by municipal and state agency staff as communication and planning tools.

Community Rating Systems in Connecticut Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Learn about the CIRCA-funded project, ìMunicipal Assistance for FEMAís Community Rating System,î completed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and Milone & MacBroom Inc.

Forming Local Resilience Committees in Connecticut – Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
On October 31st†CIRCA hosted staff from two coastal Connecticut towns that are in the process of forming resilience committees. Joe MacDougald, UConn faculty and a Madison resident, co-presented with Dave Anderson, Town of Madisonís Director of Planning & Economic Development, and Tom Banisch, Madisonís First Selectman. They were joined by Jessie Stratton who is a member of a task force helping to lead Grotonís resilience planning effort.

Regional Resilience Planning for Protection of Public Drinking Water Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
UConn researchers worked with the†South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG) and the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (RWA) to integrate climate change information into water planning processes for the region.† With changing precipitation patterns, sea level rise, and drought anticipated due to climate change, water utility managers will benefit from the integration of climate data into regional planning.

Connecticutís Climate Report Webinar: Precipitation Projections and a New Haven Case Study Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
During this webinar, two presenters described their work related to precipitation projections and assessment at the local level.

CT Mirror Article: How heat effects health

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In the Media

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Heat

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Applies to Multiple Towns
†How heat affects health: An overlooked outcome of climate change featuring Dr. Yaprak Onat of CIRCA.

Downtown Mystic Resiliency & Sustainability Plan

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In the Media

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
January 2024: Downtown Mystic Resiliency and Sustainabilty Plan with Media Coverage details

CIRCA Receives Awards in 2022

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In the Media

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
January 2023: Recap of CIRCA projects and then receiving two awards

CIRCA Highlighted on Untold: A CT Mirror Podcast

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In the Media

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
October 2022: CT podcast discussing Resilient Connecticut initiatives

Connecticut Public Radio Where We Live: Looking back at Superstorm Sandy, ten years later

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In the Media

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
October 2022: Jim O'Donnell interview on Connecticut Public's program Where We Live

CIRCA Perpectives from COP26

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In the Media

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Policy

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Jim O'Donnell gives persective from COP26

CIRCA Announces Municipal Resilience Grant Avaliability Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
December 2021: CIRCA is requesting Municipal Resilience Grant Program applications from municipal governments, non-governmental organizations in partnership with municipalties and councils of governments

Introducing the Connecticut Environmental Justice Screening Tool Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Environmental Justice

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Applies to Multiple Towns
This session will guide you through the mapping tool's interface, features, and datasets, revealing how it can be utilized to analyze and address environmental burdens in vulnerable communities. You'll also have the opportunity to engage with experts behind the development of CT EJScreen, who will share insights into the challenges and achievements of creating this comprehensive tool.

CT Summer Heat Wave Webinar – September 27

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Presentations

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Heat

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Applies to Multiple Towns
September 2022: Summer Heat Wave Webinar

CIRCA Awarded 5 million in New Funding to Strengthen CT’s Climate Change Resilience

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In the Media

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Policy

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Applies to Multiple Towns
November 2021: CIRCA expanded their efforts with acquiring an additional 5 million from the CGA state budget.

Crafting Competitive Resilience Proposals for NCRF and Beyond Webinar Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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September 2021: Webinar brief on Throwe Environment which will describe how CT communities can take advantage of the NCRF and other funding sources

Resilient Connecticut Tools: Exploring CIRCA’s Latest Products Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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May 26,2020 on Through the Resilient Connecticut project, CIRCA presents datasets to bring the latest information on climate impacts.

CIRCA Interview on NPR: How The Climate Crisis is Affecting Connecticut’s Future

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In the Media

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Planning

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CIRCA interview that discusses how global climate crisis is impacting Connecticut.
Published June 16, 2021
After years of warning from scientists, the global climate crisis is impacting Americans across the country. This year, we’ve already seen unprecedented ice storms across Texas and one of the worst droughts in modern history in the west. But what kind of changes can we expect in Connecticut? This hour on Disrupted, we dig into the ways our changing climate is affecting our state. GUESTS:

Uconn Today: For Future Flood Control, Cities Need Strategy

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In the Media

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Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
What we consider a 100-year event is a conservative version of a 10-year event plus 20 inchesówhat will be a normal flood in 2050

Climate Vulnerabiliy Mapping for Municipalities Recording

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Presentations

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Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
March 23,2020 on understanding climate vulnerabilities and help participants learn about understanding how mapping a community helps understand the vulnerabilities

Donít Get Soaked: Flood Damage Could Lessen if Cities Build Smarter

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In the Media

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Uconn Today Feature Article Donít Get Soaked: Flood Damage Could Lessen if Cities Build Smarter

Extreme Precipitation and Riverine Flood Risk Analysis

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Infographics and Fact Sheets

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Factsheet on understanding and quantifying the flood impacts and damages is of great importance in flood risk evaluation and management, especially for coastal areas that might be affected by both high streamflow and surge. Meanwhile, the changing climate and land use are expected to increase thelikelihood and intensity of flood damages, due to the exacerbated effect of rainfall,storm surge and sea level rise.

Expanding Climate Resilience with Forward-Thinking Policy Initiatives

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In the Media

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Policy

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Uconn Today Article on Expanding Climate Resilience with Forward-Thinking Policy Initiatives

Legal & Policy Tools for Climate Resilience at the State and Local Level

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Infographics and Fact Sheets

Focus Area:

Policy

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Factsheet on State and local governments seek to help their constituents mitigate and become resilient to the impacts of climate change.

Statutory Adoption of Updated Sea Level Rise Scenarios, 2018

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Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
This paper suggests three legislative actions to assure that the latest UConn updates to the 2012 NOAA sea level data are used to implement the planning and emergency preparedness requirements of P.A. 12-179.

Floodplain Building Elevation Standards for Critical Facilities and Activities, 2022

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Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
Flood protection elevations are critical safety factors for construction in the flood plain as well as a regulatory compliance step in relevant construction. Determining the appropriate flood protection height requirement for an infrastructure project can be complicated. Factors determining the applicable standards can vary depending upon location, funding source, construction type and critical/non-critical designation. Learn more with this white paper.

Floodplain Building Elevation Standards, 2018

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Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
This paper describes the following actions within existing municipal authority that will help Connecticut shoreline communities accommodate the Long Island Sound sea level rise projected for 2050, assure compliance with the elevation requirements of the Connecticut State Building Code, and enhance community resilience to flood event. Learn more with this white paper

Height Restrictions on Elevated Buildings, 2018

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Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
This paper describes two approaches; 1) allow additional height above the surrounding grade or 2) allow additional height above a specified floodwater elevation provides the text of the floodplain height ordinances in eight communities that make such accommodations. Shoreline communities interested in enhancing coastal resilience should consider whether similar ordinances are appropriate for their situation. Learn more with this white paper.

Oceanfront State Coastal Management Programs, 2018

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Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Flood and Sea Level Rise

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Applies to Multiple Towns
This white paper surveys the coastal management programs in the twenty- three oceanfront states. Individual state summaries describe the key features of the coastal management programs in each of the oceanfront states, while more details analyses address the genesis of the state programs, the exercise of coastal management jurisdictions and how state statues and regulations address sea level rise.

Marsh Resilience Diagram

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Infographics and Fact Sheets

Focus Area:

Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
The risk of flooding on roadways and properties along the coast is much higher than other areas because of wave driven splash-over. However, there is still significant risk associated with properties that are non-coastal but adjacent to tidal wetlands. The proximity to tidal wetlands and the minimal elevation difference above tidal wetlands often makes roadways and buildings vulnerable to tidal flooding.

Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into and across Local Plans

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Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
In Connecticut, municipalities must complete comprehensive local plans at least every 10 years to remain eligible for discretionary state funding, and natural hazard mitigation plans must be updated every 5 years to remain eligible for hazard mitigation project funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Municipalities may also complete other plans, but those plans are not uniformly distributed or required across the state. Many Connecticut municipalities are integrating climate change adaptation into these planning efforts, making any actions the community has prioritized eligible for state or federal funding. Learn more here.

Gaps and Opportunities for Local Resilience Planning in Connecticut

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Publications and Reports

Focus Area:

Planning

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Applies to Multiple Towns
There are numerous efforts underway at the local, regional, and state level across the state of Connecticut to address the impacts of climate change. Scientific assessments, community engagement, and adaptation project designs are just a few of the key activities. Additionally, climate-related goals are being integrated into some local planning processes and some municipalities have undertaken resilience plans. Despite these projects, there are glaring gaps in the existing authority or obligations of local governments that potentially hinder climate planning at the local level. This type of systems analysis highlights specific planning obligations that are often related to climate planning but have not yet incorporated the impacts and adaptations to climate change fully. However, optimizing or expanding existing local authority or planning obligations could significantly advance adaptation across the state. First, it would make climate planning an ongoing effort as opposed to episodic. Second,