Beset by a succession of floods, droughts, wildfires and a new presidential administration that has abandoned national efforts at combating climate change, Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday pledged to do what he can to make Connecticut more adaptable in the face of the growing threat from natural disasters.  “I don’t think we’re winning, I think we’re losing,” Lamont said, pointing specifically to the devastation wrought by last summer’s 1,000-year flood event in the Naugatuck Valley, which caused an estimated $300 million in damage.  “Climate change is real, and these extreme weather events are costing us more and more every day,” he continued. “Hundreds of homes and businesses wiped out, and we’re playing catch-up.” Specifically, Lamont said he plans to submit legislation to lawmakers later this year focused on climate resiliency, the process of making man-made environments less susceptible to conditions such as sea level rise or droughts.  While the text of that legislation was not released Tuesday, Lamont’s office said the proposal would include mandatory notifications to home buyers about flood risk and the availability of insurance; a prohibition on state funding residential developments in the highest-risk flood zones; and new avenues for municipalities to levy taxes to pay for upgrades to stormwater systems, flood control and other infrastructure threatened by climate change. In addition, the legislation would expand the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s review process for certain coastal developments, while removing an existing exemption for single-family homes.  In many aspects, the legislation would mirror legislation proposed last year at the request of the governor, according to Katie Dykes, the commissioner of DEEP. That proposal died before legislators could take a vote. One notable change to this year’s legislation, Dykes said, is the exclusion of revisions to the state’s building codes requiring new buildings incorporate greenhouse gas reductions and resiliency planning. Last year, that language that led to protests from developers.  “Anytime that you make the codes and regulations more stringent, you are also making them more expensive,” said Jim Perras, chief executive of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Connecticut.  Meanwhile, advocates praised Lamont Tuesday for what they described as a step toward broader action on climate change, which some have accused the Democratic governor of being hesitant to take.  “Resiliency is how we go about responding to climate change, but it’s got to go hand in hand with stopping the source,” said Lori Brown, executive director of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, referring to measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cars, power plants and other common sources. Tuesday’s announcement came on the heels of Lamont’s trip to Washington, D.C., to attend President Donald Trump’s second inauguration Monday.  Lamont had few positive things to say about the experience. Asked whether he was encouraged by any of Trump’s actions, Lamont took a long pause before pointing to a potential easing of the federal permitting process for new nuclear power — a topic the governor mentioned in his State of the State address last week.  On his first day in office, Trump rescinded five existing executive orders dealing with climate change and pulled the country out of the international Paris climate accords — a move that Lamont called “really dumb.” That agreement required signatories to develop strategies to keep the global rise in temperatures at no more than 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. “Now it’s Iran, Yemen, Libya and America that doesn’t take this seriously,” Lamont said. “China produces more CO2 emissions in a day than New England does in a year, we’ve got to work with other countries on this.”  In the back of the press conference Tuesday, William Dellacamera, a vegetable farmer from North Branford stood silently as Lamont and members of his administration detailed the need to prepare the state for freak weather events such as the 13-minute hailstorm that destroyed his crops last August.  Following the storm, Dellacamera gained attention for driving his tractor to Washington to lobby for more effective government support for small farmers — pleas that he said remain largely unanswered.  In addition to the proposals Lamont and his staff laid out Tuesday, Dellacamera said he’d like to see the creation of a state fund dedicated to assisting farmers dealing with weather-related damages that don’t rise to the level of federal disaster aid.  “We’ve got employees who are trying to keep employed to keep the economy going… and here we’ve got to say, ‘Go home, there’s nothing for you to do,” Dellacamera said. “Someone might lose their home, someone might get evicted, that’s a burden on the state, so why can’t you step in?”