The Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) provided a $91,000 grant to Professor Jennifer Mattei at Sacred Heart University to fund the purchase of most of the 273 reef balls needed to protect an additional 750 feet of shoreline at Stratford Point in Stratford, CT. The CIRCA grant represents a 25% match for […]
Branford Connecticut’s Coastal Resilience Plan
Author – Rafeed Hussain, CIRCA Summer 2016 Undergraduate Student Intern. Rafeed is an environmental science major at the University of Connecticut. He will graduate in fall 2016. He is from Niantic, Connecticut. Branford Connecticut’s Coastal Resilience Plan The world is changing. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts that by the turn of the century […]
CIRCA Awards Funding to Towns
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 […]
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 […]
Current Policies on Sea Level Rise in Connecticut
By Rebecca French, Director of Community Engagement CIRCA and Maya Thompson CIRCA 2015-2016 Undergraduate Intern CIRCA is often asked, “What number should I be using for sea level rise for planning in my town?” There are many sea level rise planning tools available that are appropriate for education and awareness-raising and first-pass planning, but there also […]
Old Saybrook Committee Recommends Adapting, Mitigating, and Retreating When It Comes to Addressing the Impacts of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change
By Maya Thompson, 2015-2016 CIRCA Undergraduate Intern In May 2014, the Old Saybrook Board of Selectmen established the Town’s Sea Level Rise and Climate Adaptation Committee (SLRCAC). It was comprised of residents concerned about the growing impacts of sea level rise. The Committee, which met bi-weekly for 18 months, formally issued its Report of Findings to the […]
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 […]
Ready for Tomorrow: West Haven Resiliency
A guest blog for CIRCA by Joshua Rodriguez and Annalisa Berardinelli, University of New Haven interns for the Mayor’s office in the City of West Haven. On June 11, 2015, the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) and the Connecticut Association of Flood Managers (CAFM) came together with the City of West Haven […]
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 […]