Connecticut Land Conservation Conference

The effects of climate change are already being felt by communities around the country who are facing rising seas, increases in temperatures, more intense and frequent storms, heavier rainfall events, and/or more extreme droughts. More than 41 million Americans face rising flood risks, and $1 trillion in properties in the U.S. are threatened by sea-level rise alone. Our natural and working lands, and the ecosystem services they provide, create an opportunity for land managers, including local land trusts, to address the challenges of climate change using nature-based solutions.

This workshop will engage participants in an introduction to the basic concepts of nature-based solutions and green infrastructure (aka natural infrastructure) and how local land trusts can utilize them to facilitate climate change mitigation and resiliency, applicable across the state from tidal wetlands to upland forests to prime farmland. Other topics include funding and financing opportunities for local, state and federal projects and how land trusts and other nonprofits can work collaboratively with local, state and federal governments and private entities to implement climate resilience projects.