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Military Leaders Applaud National Climate Assessment and Secretary Hagel’s Statement on Climate and National Security
RELEASE: Military Leaders Applaud National Climate Assessment and Secretary Hagel’s Statement on Climate and National Security
May 6, 2014
Washington, D.C. — The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a policy institute with an Advisory Board of retired senior military officers and national security experts, applauds the release of the 2014 National Climate Assessment (NCA) by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which includes considerable attention to both the current and future risks of a changing climate to the United States. CCS also applauds Secretary Hagel’s statement today in regards to the NCA, wherein he notes: “Just today, the nation¹s top scientists released a National Climate Assessment that warns in very stark terms that the effects of climate change are already becoming quite apparent. One area where we see this is in the Arctic. The melting of gigantic ice caps presents possibilities for the opening of new sea lanes and the exploration for natural resources, energy, and commerce, and also the dangerous potential for conflict in the Arctic.”
In response, CCS Advisory Board member General Anthony C. Zinni, United States Marine Corps (ret), stated: “Climate change will generate national security concerns that we must prepare and plan for now. Our Intelligence Community should track the impacts and assess the potential for affecting our security and humanitarian interests. Other government agencies should develop plans to respond to impacts as well.” (more…)
Sec. Hagel: Climate Change and Realizing the Asia-Pacific Rebalance
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is currently in the middle of a tour meeting with 13 defense ministers from across the Asia-Pacific region. Part of the message he will be bringing with him involves the role that climate change plays in the security of the region. Just yesterday, military and defense leaders from our Advisory Board applauded Sec. Hagel for his attention to climate change at the ASEAN defense ministers meeting. (more…)
Military Leaders Respond to Secretary Hagel Speech: Climate Change Threat to National Security
RELEASE: Retired Military Leaders Applaud Defense Secretary Hagel’s Arctic Strategy Speech Which Addresses the Threat of Climate Change
Washington, D.C. — The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a policy institute with an Advisory Board of retired senior military officers and national security experts, applauds U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s speech today detailing the U.S. Department of Defense’s new Arctic Strategy and highlighting the threat climate change poses to national security. (more…)