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Connecticut DEEP Climate Resilience Fund
October 2, 2025
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environment’s Climate Resilience Fund (DCRF) was initiated in 2023 to support community, infrastructure, and energy resilience projects. Government entities and others in the community can apply for funding to support infrastructure planning in the face of more severe weather events and a decline in federal funding.
Related Organizations: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP)
Resource Category: Funding
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Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33 (2025), Sections 5-16: Resilience Planning and Zoning
June 10, 2025
Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33, signed by the Governor on June 10, 2025, is a wide-reaching environmental and climate adaptation law that creates new standards and requirements for state and local government as well as the private sector. Sections 5-16 of the Act make revisions to Connecticut's land use and planning statutes, ensuring that Connecticut’s local planning and regulatory frameworks account for observed and projected climate conditions.
Related Organizations: State of Connecticut
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33 (2025), Sections 19-20: Water Supply and Infrastructure
June 10, 2025
Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33, signed by the Governor on June 10, 2025, is a wide-reaching environmental and climate adaptation law that creates new standards and requirements for state and local government as well as the private sector. Sections 19-20 direct state agencies and the Water Planning Council to systematically incorporate climate change projections into Connecticut's water supply planning, water supply regulation, and sewage disposal permitting.
Related Organizations: State of Connecticut
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33 (2025), Sections 21-30: Resiliency Improvement Districts
June 10, 2025
Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33, signed by the Governor on June 10, 2025, is a wide-reaching environmental and climate adaptation law that creates new standards and requirements for state and local government as well as the private sector. Sections 21-30 of the Act create a Resiliency Improvement District framework through which local governments can finance resilience projects.
Related Organizations: State of Connecticut
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33 (2025), Sections 17-18: Transfer of Development Rights
June 10, 2025
Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33, signed by the Governor on June 10, 2025, is a wide-reaching environmental and climate adaptation law that creates new standards and requirements for state and local government as well as the private sector. Sections 17–18 of the Act authorize municipalities to use transfer of development rights (TDR) programs for resilience purposes.
Related Organizations: State of Connecticut
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33 (2025): An Act Concerning the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Municipal and State Planning […]
June 10, 2025
Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33, signed by the Governor on June 10, 2025, is a wide-reaching environmental and climate adaptation law that creates new standards and requirements for state and local government as well as the private sector. The Act establishes new obligations and frameworks across several different policy areas: flood risk disclosure, municipal and regional climate planning, local resilience financing, water and infrastructure climate proofing, and pesticide restrictions to protect pollinators and wildlife.
Related Organizations: State of Connecticut
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33 (2025), Sections 1-4: Flood Disclosure Requirements
June 10, 2025
Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33, signed by the Governor on June 10, 2025, is a wide-reaching environmental and climate adaptation law that creates new standards and requirements for state and local government as well as the private sector. Sections 1–4 of the Act close the flood insurance coverage disclosure gap by creating mandatory flood risk disclosures at three distinct points of contact: when an insurance policy is issued or renewed, when a mortgage closes, and when a home is sold.
Related Organizations: State of Connecticut
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Exceeding Minimum Standards for Local Floodplain Ordinances: 11 Examples
October 31, 2025
Georgetown Climate Center studied local ordinance-centered approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and identifying and reducing climate-driven flood risk in an October 2025 report, “Local Ordinances for Climate Adaptation & Mitigation. ” As part of that project, GCC’s research identified 11 ordinances from Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Hampshire, and New Jersey that represent some of the best uses of local ordinances to advance climate adaptation and protect people and property.
Related Organizations: Georgetown Climate Center
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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West Hartford, Connecticut: Special Flood Hazard Area Regulations
Updated April 11, 2023
Since 2008, the Town of West Hartford, CT has passed updates to its development regulations for the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA; §177-8 of the municipal zoning code) that aim to protect people and the built environment from the impacts of flooding, notably expanding freeboard requirements in 2023.
Related Organizations: Town of West Hartford, Connecticut
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Connecticut Public Law 21–115: An Act Concerning Climate Change Adaptation
July 6, 2021
On July 6, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Law 21–115: An Act Concerning Climate Change Adaptation to increase local resilience planning options, legal authorities, and financing for adaptation and resilience projects. The main components of this law authorize the creation of municipal stormwater authorities, and increase the authority of municipal flood prevention and climate resilience boards and their ability to collect and raise funds for climate resilience projects. In addition, the law expands the scope of the state’s "green bank," the Connecticut Green Bank, beyond clean energy to adaptation- and resilience-related projects, with an emphasis on prioritizing financing for frontline communities.
Related Organizations: State of Connecticut
Resource Category: Law and Governance
