The Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) recently funded three exciting projects under its Municipal Resilience Grant Program. Each unique project will bolster local resilience and provide results that can be applied across the state as other communities seek to become better prepared to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather. Those […]
Author: Jessica LeClair
Resilience Financing Options in Connecticut – CIRCA Releases Fact Sheet
Resilience Financing Options in Connecticut – CIRCA Releases Fact Sheet By Rebecca French,1 Wayne Cobleigh,2 Jessica LeClair,1 and Yi Shi3 1 Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation 2 GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. 3 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Becoming resilient to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather in Connecticut has a […]
Municipal Resilience Grant Program Awarded Projects
The Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) is pleased to announce the results of the past round of grants under its Municipal Resilience Grant Program. The municipalities of Milford, New Haven, and Waterford and the Northwest Hills and Western Connecticut Council of Governments have been awarded funds to pursue projects that will not only […]
Past Recipients
The Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) is pleased to announce the results of past round of grants under its Matching Funds Program. Collectively these projects will work to advance the mission of the Institute, increasing resiliency in Connecticut towns and cities to the threats of climate change. In total, CIRCA will provide […]
Sandy Damage is Still on our Minds if not on our Roads
“In a time of destruction, create something” author Maxine Hong Kingston once said. She could have been giving advice for the aftermath of Sandy. Two and a half years have passed since Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on our coasts in October 2012, but the topic is not old news. Why does Sandy’s memory linger and […]
Rethinking the Connecticut Shore
{By Peg Van Patten, Connecticut Sea Grant} Do you remember the storm that cancelled Halloween in 2012? You likely do if you live in a Connecticut coastal town or city. Sandy’s impact went far beyond that trick or treat. By the time the mammoth, slow-moving October Superstorm departed, it had damaged or destroyed more than […]
NOAA CRrest Grant: Enhancing Coastal Resilience in Connecticut
CIRCA partners, the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, met with the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration(NOAA) staff this May to outline a recently awarded 2-year grant: “Enhancing Coastal Resilience in Connecticut.” Funded through the Sandy Supplemental monies distributed by the federal government (from the FY 2013 Disaster Relief […]
Connecticut Shoreline Resiliency Fund
{By Juliana Barrett, UConn Sea Grant & CLEAR} On the one year anniversary of SuperStorm Sandy, Governor Malloy announced the creation of the Connecticut Shoreline Resiliency Fund. This fund is for state residents whose homes or businesses are subject to flooding allowing them to obtain low interest loans to elevate homes and flood proof businesses. […]