Military must focus on short- and long-term challenges of climate change, report finds

Source: NBC News

Climate change may imperil the U.S. military's ability to train troops, maintain equipment and facilities and operate effectively both at home and abroad, according to a new report on global warming's effect on national security.

The study, released Wednesday by the Rand Corp., a California-based nonprofit think tank, was designed to help the Defense Department identify ways to protect troops and government property from extreme heat, flooding, wildfires and other conditions that are either driven by or exacerbated by climate change.

The report offers a glimpse into the many ways that global warming is affecting military readiness, underscoring the risks to national security if the government is not adequately prepared.

“It’s here today,” Richard Kidd, deputy assistant secretary of defense for environment and energy resilience, said of climate change during a news conference about the report, adding that it is “the context in which we now perform all of our functions.”

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/military-must-focus-short-long-term-challenges-climate-change-report-f-rcna85909

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Military must focus on short- and long-term challenges of climate change, report finds (Original post)	jgo	May 25	OP
Unfortunately Wall Street is at odds with climate change...	EarthFirst	May 25	#1
The Pentagon issued a similar report in the BushCheney admin. The people there are not stupid...	Hekate	May 25	#2
They also did another report (paid consultants) that said the US needs to invest in education,	LT Barclay	May 25	#3
Very interesting!	Hekate	May 25	#4

Response to jgo (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2023, 07:24 PM

EarthFirst (2,662 posts)

1. Unfortunately Wall Street is at odds with climate change...

Profit motive will always get in the way of climate change preparedness and initiating measures to diminish its impact on our lives.

The unfortunate truth is; it doesn’t have to be this way and profit can be driven from emerging technologies.

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Thu May 25, 2023, 11:06 PM

Hekate (84,127 posts)

2. The Pentagon issued a similar report in the BushCheney admin. The people there are not stupid...

They need to be aware of all circumstances.

For those interested, it looks like you can download the report from RAND Corp.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1551-1.html

Ebook

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA1500/RRA1551-1/RAND_RRA1551-1.pdf

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Response to Hekate (Reply #2)

Thu May 25, 2023, 11:40 PM

LT Barclay (2,457 posts)

3. They also did another report (paid consultants) that said the US needs to invest in education,

infrastructure, and bringing manufacturing back to the US for prosperity, security and to maintain status as a superpower.

The funny thing was it was released under pseudonyms because the authors didn't want to listen to the BS from the right.

I mentioned this report to a CWO who was working on my security clearance after he looked at me like I was a spy for mentioning global warming. Kind of shook his world.

Military must focus on short- and long-term challenges of climate change, report finds

1. Unfortunately Wall Street is at odds with climate change...

2. The Pentagon issued a similar report in the BushCheney admin. The people there are not stupid...

3. They also did another report (paid consultants) that said the US needs to invest in education,

4. Very interesting!