Climate Change Impacts and Milford: What the Future Holds in Store
at Milford Library
November 10 at 2 pm
This panel
will explore current and predicted climate change impacts for Connecticut and
Long Island Sound over the next 100 years, information and tools that are
available and adaptation strategies to improve our resilience. Storms Irene and
Sandy showed just how vulnerable Connecticut is to damage from intense storm
events. The impacts of climate change on Milford is likely to result in more
intense rainfall events, higher air and water temperatures, more vulnerable
beaches and dunes, health related impacts and increases to the lands and
infrastructure that could be inundated by rising sea levels and riverine
flooding. These events challenge communities to come up with adaptation
strategies to deal with impacts from climate change and many communities are
working to address this challenge.
Juliana Barrett, Ph.D., is with the University of Connecticut Sea Grant College Program and the Department of Extension. Her work focuses on climate change adaptation and coastal habitat management working with Connecticut’s municipalities, NGO’s and state and federal partners. Prior to coming to Sea Grant in 2006 she worked as a consultant and for The Nature Conservancy as the Director of the Connecticut River Tidelands Last Great Places Program.
Emmeline Harrigan is a certified Planner and Floodplain Manager and currently serves as the Assistant Planning Director in Fairfield, CT. She has a Master”s degree in Urban Planning from UCLA and is the current chair of the CT Association of Flood managers. She previously served as Milford’s Assistant city Planner and assisted in disaster recovery and residency planning after both storms Sandy and Irene.
This event
is being hosted by the Environmental Concerns Coalition and Milford Public
Library. The event is free and open to
the public.