Resilient Connecticut Webinar Series March 23, 2021 10 – 11:00 am Webinar Overview The Resilient Connecticut team will host a webinar on Tuesday, March 23 to highlight new results for the Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) mapping tool. The webinar will include a brief overview of the latest flood CCVI tool, with a specific focus on revisions […]
New UConn Course – Climate Crisis: Take Action
A new free course on climate change, taught by faculty from across the university, is available to students for one credit and faculty and staff as non-credit. “Climate Crisis: Take Action” takes a transdisciplinary approach to the exploration of climate change and how we can collectively address this complex issue. The course begins March 1st […]
Yale Ocean and Climate Conference 10.23.20
Yale School of the Environment is hosting a half day climate conference on October 23, 2020. This entirely student-led conference aims to bring together students, practitioners, and faculty to collectively explore the links, trade-offs, and tensions at the nexus of climate change, oceans, and coastal ecosystems. Featuring speakers from the public and private sector, […]
Connecticut Climate Fact Sheets Now Available
Planning for adaptation requires local information about expected changes in climate. Until recently, the spatial scale of climate projections did not allow for detailed regional analysis. With support from CT DEEP, CIRCA sponsored two recent state-level climate assessments to better inform local decision-making and are a new addition to the Institute’s climate planning tools. Don’t have time […]
Alec Shub Named to 2021 NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship
This post is an abridged version of the original post by Judy Benson of CT Sea Grant naming all 3 fellows. Alec Shub, CIRCA student intern and University of Connecticut graduate student, has been chosen for the 2021 NOAA Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program, which places early career professionals with federal […]
Upcoming CT DEEP Webinar
Resilient Rhody ─ Financing Solutions to Address the Impacts of Climate Change April 21, 2020 12:00 pm CT DEEP is hosting a webinar on financing options for climate change adaptation. Jeff Diehl, leader of the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), will provide an overview of the bank’s approach to integrating climate resilience across operations and […]
CIRCA Staff Participates in “Soak Up the Rain” New England Webinar Series
Living Shorelines: Slowing Coastal Erosion and Saving Connecticut Habitats April 9, 2020 10:30 – 12:00 pm Register Here CIRCA Staff Participates in “Soak Up the Rain” New England Webinar Series Coastal storm events and severe weather damage homes, businesses, infrastructure, and natural resources in New England communities. Creative strategies for shoreline stabilization and coastal stormwater […]
Resilient Connecticut Summit – November 12, 2019
RESILIENT CONNECTICUT CLIMATE ADAPTATION SUMMIT Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Located at Fairfield University PROGRAM and EVENT MATERIALS At CIRCA’s first annual Resilient Connecticut Summit, Commissioner Katie Dykes from Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection provided a welcome and Shaun O’Rourke, Rhode Island Chief Resiliency Officer gave a keynote address […]
New Planning and Visualization Tools for Sea Level Rise
Resilient Connecticut Webinar Series New Planning and Visualization Tools for Sea Level Rise Tuesday, July 23, 2019 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Sea level rise has multiple impacts on the Connecticut shoreline, including increased erosion rates, frequency of flooding, and coastal inundation. Recent research and planning tools generated from a “Municipal Resilience Planning Assistance Project” […]
Regional Resilience Planning for Protection of Public Drinking Water Webinar
Resilient Connecticut Webinar Series Regional Resilience Planning for Protection of Public Drinking Water Friday, June 28, 2019 10:00 – 11:00 am 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 […]