SEA LEVEL RISE | FINAL REPORT & PUBLIC MEETING
The final report, Sea Level Rise in Connecticut, authored by CIRCA Executive Director and Professor of Marine Sciences, James O’Donnell was released in October 2018 and incorporated comments from a draft report release in 2017. An Executive Summary of the final report is shown below along with public meeting information.
Sea Level Rise in Connecticut
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OCTOBER 19, 2017 PUBLIC MEETING INFORMATION
On October 19, 2017 CIRCA released draft local sea level rise scenarios in a public meeting. The public meeting also included a presentation on policy and planning recommendations for how to incorporate sea level rise into state and municipal planning ordinances and floodplain management. A recording of the presentation and a pdf of the slides can be found below.
View October 19, 2017 Public Meeting webinar recording (audio and slides) (use ‘playback’ button for quicker access)
(Note that the webinar recording starts just after the title slide of Dr. O’Donnell’s presentation, but no information was lost other than a general welcome to the meeting.)
Download Presentation Slides (no audio):
Coastal Flood Risk in CT: O’Donnell
Sea Level Rise Policy & Planning Recommendations: Rath
News Coverage:
“Long Island Sound Flood Risks Rising With Higher Sea Levels,” Hartford Courant, October 19, 2017