Full Guide: Centering Equity in Climate Change Resilience Planning in Connecticut

The Yale Center for Environmental Justice partnered with the Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3) Equity and Environmental Justice Working Group to complete Centering Equity in Climate Change Resilience Planning: A Guide for Connecticut Municipalities, under the supervision of Dr. Mark Mitchell. Inclusive planning grounded in environmental and climate justice results in more resilient communities. Centering Equity in Climate Change Resilience Planning outlines a nine-step framework that is grounded in developing partnerships between municipalities and low-income communities and communities of color that have historically been excluded from planning processes. This guide illustrates how planners can center equity by incorporating a variety of questions, techniques, requirements, and practices into planning processes. It should be used as a complement to existing technical and planning guidelines. Using this guide, municipal and regional planners will develop a Resilience Assessment and Prioritization Plan with and for their communities.

This document was developed with support from the Yale Center for Environmental Justice, Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, the Energy Foundation’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program, including advising provided by Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig M.Ed, Program Manager, YCEJ; Laura Bozzi Ph.D, Director of Programs, YCCCH; and Robert Klee J.D, Ph.D, Lecturer at Yale School of the Environment.