You may not be interested in climate change, but it is interested in you
13 hours ago
- #national-security
- #climate-change
- #military
- Climate change poses significant challenges to the U.S. military, affecting readiness, installations, and service members.
- The Department of Defense has sustained billions in damages from climate-driven storms, prompting new predictive tools for mitigation.
- Climate change increases demands on the military for disaster response, diverting resources from core national-security tasks.
- Melting Arctic ice is creating new strategic corridors, leading to increased Russian and Chinese military operations near Alaska.
- Global warming may spur mass migration, heightening instability and increasing demands for military stabilization activities.
- Ignoring climate change in defense planning would be a strategic mistake, as it fundamentally alters operating conditions.