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The Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change has created an Adaptation Subcommittee, in accordance with the requirements of Public Act 08-98. This Subcommittee will assess the impacts of climate change on infrastructure, natural resources and ecological habitats, public health, and agriculture and report back to the GSC by December 31, 2009. By July 1, 2010, the Subcommittee will develop recommendations for changes to programs and laws that would enable state and local government to adapt to such impacts.
This page will provide information on the Adaptation Subcommittee, climate impacts and adaptation information, and meeting schedules. If you have questions or would like to have your name added to the general distribution list for Adaptation to Climate Change in Connecticut, contact us.
Draft Reports on Climate Change Impacts and Public Information Meetings
We welcome public comments on the draft reports on climate change impacts. The links below allow you to view the reports, use our on-line form to comment on reports, and find out about the upcoming public information meetings.
- Draft Climate Change Impacts on CT Agriculture
- Draft Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resources and Ecological Habitats
- Draft Climate Change Impacts on Infrastructure
- Draft Climate Change Impacts on Public Health
- Submit comments on the draft reports through our website. Comments must be submitted by January 17 at 4:30 p.m.
- View submitted comments (MS excel file). Please note that comments submitted through our website are posted to this spreadsheet automatically and have not yet been reviewed by the working groups or the Adaptation Subcommittee.
- Notice for Public Information Meetings on December 17, 2009 and January 12, 2010
Adaptation Subcommittee Members
- Co-chair: Amey Marrella, Deputy Commissioner, CT Department of Environmental Protection and Chair, Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change
- Co-chair: Lise Hanners, State Director, The Nature Conservancy
- Commissioner Raeanne V. Curtis, Department of Public Works
- Commissioner J. Robert Galvin, Department of Public Health (represented by Pamela Kilbey-Fox)
- Commissioner Joseph Marie, Department of Transportation (represented by Coleen Kissane and Paul Corrente)
- Dennis McBride, Health Director, City of Milford
- Commissioner Joan McDonald, Department of Economic and Community Development
- Senator John McKinney (represented by either Jacqueline Ferro or Rob Pordrier), CT General Assembly
- Commissioner F. Philip Prelli, Department of Agriculture
- Steven K. Reviczky, Executive Director, CT Farm Bureau
- Denise Savageau, Director Conservation Commissioner, Town of Greenwich
- Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan, CT Insurance Department (represented by George Bradner)
- Commissioner
Peter J. Boynton, Department of Emergency and Homeland Security (represented by Dana Conover and Anthony Dembek)
- Mark Way, Director Sustainability Development, Americas Risk Management Division Swiss Reinsurance Company
- Robert Whitlatch, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut
- Representative Patricia Widlitz, CT General Assembly
- Norman Willard, US Environmental Protection Agency Region 1
- Michael Willig, Center for Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut
- Katherine Winslow, Department of Agriculture
- Gary Yohe, Economics Department, Wesleyan University
Events
March 13, 2009, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., DEP Phoenix Auditorium, 79 Elm Street, Hartford.
Projected Climate Hazards and Impacts and Adaptation Planning in the New York Metro Region
Presented by: Radley Horton, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research Columbia University and Dr. Gary Yohe, Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University and
Lead Author for the Third and Fourth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Gary Yohe's presentation
Radley Horton's presentation
Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting Schedule and Minutes
Please e-mail us to confirm meeting times and locations.
December 19, 2008 - Meeting notes
March 13, 2009 - Meeting notes
June 11, 2009 - Agenda, presentation
November 12, 2009 - Agenda, presentation
Adaptation Subcommittee Workgroups
Click here to see important information, documents, schedules, and minutes for the workgroups.
Natural Resources and Ecological Habitats
Co-chairs Bill Hyatt (CT DEP) and Adam Whelchel (The Nature Conservancy)
Infrastructure
Co-chairs Paul Stacey (CT DEP) and Denise Savageau (Greenwich)
Agriculture
Co-chairs Commissioner Prelli (CT DOAG) and Steve Reviczky (CT Farm Bureau)
Public Health
Co-chairs Pamela Kilbey-Fox (CT DPH) and Dr. Dennis McBride (Milford)
Climate Adaptation Fact Sheets
The Connecticut Department of Environment Protection has developed a series of initial climate adaptation fact sheets, Facing Our Future, that detail current observations and provide some cursory recommendations for alternative approaches to foster adaptation at the local and regional level. These fact sheets address overlapping technical areas or categories: biodiversity and habitat, fisheries, forestry, infrastructure, natural coastal shoreline environment, outdoor recreation, water resources, and wildlife. The initial climate adaptation fact sheets are available for download in two ways. You may download the entire document, Facing Our Future (PDF, 3 MB) or you may download separate fact sheets for each category.
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