Martha Page, CT Food System Alliance

Sarah Lowe - Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health

Mariana Fragomeni, Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut

Good morning. Laura Bozzi, Yale Center on Climate Change and Health.

Meghan Doyle. QU Law student and QU Sustainability Fellow.

Good morning, Jocelyn Hillard from American Red Cross, on behalf of Richard Branigan

Heather Aaron Deputy Commissioner of the DPH

Good morning everyone. Christine Hahn-Dunn, Epidemiologist with DPH, Environmental Health and Drinking Water Branch

GM - Michael Pascucilla, East Shore District Health Department

Jennifer O'Brien, Community Foundation of ECT

Good morning. Alana Kroeber with United Way of CT/2-1-1 Connecticut.

Joanna Wozniak-Brown, CT Office of Policy & Management

Good morning everyone! Yolanda L Stinson CCEEJ Bridgeport Lead Organizer

Kendall Bobula, Community Preparedness, Strategic Planning and Grant Manager - CT DESPP Division of Emergency and Homeland Security

Good morning! Brenda Bergeron Deputy Commissioner DESPP/DEMHS

Kim Zigich, Attorney, DESPP/DEMHS

Yaprak Onat - Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation - UConn

Anna Shugrue- Regional Planner at Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments

Opportunities for GC3: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GC3/GC3-2022-agendas-and-minutes/Opportunities-for-GC3-in-2022-060822.pdf

we see speaker notes

Link to the GC3 report: https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Climate-Change/GC3/Governors-Council-on-Climate-Change

If you would like to speak during the public comment section of the agenda please message me directly

Link to the 2020 working group reports: https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Climate-Change/GC3/GC3-Working-group-reports

After we're done planning with what we know and can anticipate, we should also set up a mechanism to what we don’t, emergent public health problems?

Do the chairs anticipate a policy subcommittee before the report to the full GC3?

Is it possible to have an update on current progress on 2020 recommendations? That would help the working group make recommendations for next steps.

Send written comment to DEEP.ClimateChange@ct.gov and we will forward to the chairs.

I second Dr. Bozzi's comment.

great thanks

How do you anticipate that we will get ot the food security and mental health issues?

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I volunteer for the food security work!

NOAA said August was hottest month on record for Connecticut. 13 days over 90 degrees in August

It would be great if we could look for synergies between our recommendations and those of other working groups - like infrastructure, forestry, and especially mitigation

Agreed

agreed, and there are many local organizations who could be collaborated with, ex. Grow Hartford

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I recommend connecting with Shanelle Morris (shanelle@hartfordfood.org) of the Grow Hartford Youth Program for essential community insights and direct impact work on food insecurity and school system intervention

Absolutely Rebecca and I echo your comments. We should also take into consideration how acclimatization is effecting what Deputy Commissioner Aaron is pointing out. Our communities are not used to high temperatures, therefore, are more likely to be affected by high temperatures.

re: heat and drought, in addition to climate exacerbated heat waves and the disproportionate impact on EJ/vulnerable communities with the urban heat island effect, droughts are often considered forgotten issues (aside from those who are fishers, outdoorsy)

Apologies for not saying my affiliation before my comment: Director of Climate Planning CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection

raising awareness to regular people is important for mitigation

-- Katharine Morris, Governor's IIJA Advisor for DEEP

Katherine, can you please define regular people

folks who wouldn't be in meetings like this

folks who aren't privy to climate science

Katherine, I did not send that question...not certain who did

folks who don't have access to outdoor space

We need to have improved predictive modelling of rising heat for CT, linking to heat islands and poverty areas. Not based on past and current data, but anticipating climate changing.

*Katharine

Yes absolutely. That is the goal of our equity focus. Our SVI work also looks at these populations.

Thank you, that will be great Lori.

Thank you for this excellent conversation, unfortunately, I have to drop off to travel to another event.

DEEP.Climatechange@ct.gov

Thank you for a thoughtful discussion!

Thank you all

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