Climate change is a longterm trend, but with wise planning and risk mitigation now, we can reduce adverse impacts downrange. Pentagon fuel use, climate change, and the costs of war neta c. Dod releases report on security implications of climate change. Pentagon climate change to destroy civilization by 2020 posted on december 21, 2017 by tonyheller a secret report, suppressed by us defence chiefs and obtained by the observer, warns that major european cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as britain is plunged into a siberian climate. Us air force b52h stratofortresses at the airbase in diego garcia, british indian ocean territory. Climate change threatens half of us bases worldwide.
Democrats seem unhappy with the new defense department report, though. The report builds on a number of other pentagon reports that have called climate change a threat multiplier that can alter dod priorities, such as mass migration and humanitarian aid. Pentagon climate change to destroy civilization by 2020. The report stated, climate change and energy are two key issues that will play a significant role in shaping the future security environment, noting that climate change. The ipcc documents the threat of gradual climate change and its impact to food supplies and other resources of importance to humans will not be so severe as to create security threats.
The pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried about climate change. Pentagon fuel use, climate change and the costs of war. The national security strategy, issued in february 2015, is clear that climate change is an urgent and. The department of defense dodwhile not supporting a formal mission dedicated to global change researchis developing policies and plans to manage and respond to the effects of climate change on.
Given that, the studys starting point is the implications of climate change. The pentagon is integrating climate change threats into all of its plans, operations, and training across the entire defense department, signaling a comprehensive attempt to tackle the impacts of global. It is in this context that dod is releasing a climate change adaptation roadmap. The effects of a changing climate are a national security issue with potential impacts to department of defense dod or the department missions, operational plans, and installations. All hell breaking loose is an eyeopening examination of climate change from the perspective of the u. An abrupt climate change scenario and its implications for. Dod recognizes the reality of climate change and the significant risk it poses to u. Air force academys 10th civil engineer squadron in colorado springs prepare to.
Department of defense 2014 climate change adaptation. Pentagon fuel use, climate change, and the costs of war june 12, 2019 the u. Pentagon erases climate change from the national defense. Climate change related risks to 50% of military infrastructure firefighters w u. A hairraising pentagon report pdf on the potentially imminent and colossal national security threat posed by climate change has been making its way around the internet since its release. The report found climate change is a threat to more than twothirds of operationally critical installations. A pentagon report has highlighted military bases vulnerability to the effects of climate change. An earlier 2007 pentagon study pdf under president george bush described climate change as a threat multiplier but the latest study makes a direct. The department of defense department, dod recognizes that climate change will affect their ability to defend the nation and poses immediate risks to u. The pentagon also looked at logistics sites and other support that it considered. The pentagons new climate change report is missing some.
Our first step in planning for these challenges is to identify the effects of climate change. Scenario from a pentagon commissioned report title page of futurist study commissioned by the pentagon s office of net assessment, finalized in october 2003 and leaked via. A brief introduction to climate change and national. If climate change is a threat to national security and the economy, then he has to act. Pentagon fuel use, climate change and the costs of war final. Department of defense 2014 climate change adaptation roadmap. The pentagon released a national defense strategy that for the first time in more than a decade does not mention manmade global warming as a security threat. But the challenge of global climate change, while not new to history, is new to the modern world. United states army war college the center for climate. Talking social change compassionate and lifeaffirming changes have the most enduring impact in our society. Crawford1 boston university june 12, 2019 summary in its quest for security, the united states spends more on the military than any other. One year ago, the pentagon released another congressionally mandated report about climate change that time, a survey of the ways climate change had affected thousands of global. Department of defense is the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world and a key contributor to climate change. The pentagon released a congressionally mandated report pdf that warns flooding, drought and wildfires and other effects of climate change puts u.
Germany pushes climate change as security risk april 6, 2019 white house climate panel to include a climate denialist february 20, 2019 u. The operators manual this video highlights the pentagons focus on climate change as the military examines potential risks, strategic responses, and impacts of climate change. The national security strategy, issued in february 2015, is clear that climate change is an urgent and growing threat to our national security, contributing to increased natural. How deniers put national security at risk the leaders of our armed forces know whats coming next but deniers in congress are ignoring the warnings. Schwartz and social activist rick ingrasci discuss social change, current. Pentagon revised obamaera report to remove risks from.
Optimists assert that the benefits from technological innovation will be able to outpace the negative effects of climate change. An 11page summary of the new national defense strategy makes no mention of global warming or climate change. The pentagon is integrating climate change threats into all of its plans, operations, and training across the entire defense department, signaling a comprehensive attempt to tackle the impacts of global warming. The report responds to the request by the senate committee on appropriations for information on the national security implications of climate change made in the report to accompany. Climate change threatens national security says pentagon climate change poses immediate risks to national security and will have broad and costly impacts on the way the us military carries out its missions, the pentagon said in a new report on the impact of climate change. Climate change threatens a majority of missioncritical. There are two groups the bush administration tend to listen to, the oil lobby and the pentagon, added watson. It reaffirms that the dod continues to take climate change seriously, as it has across four administrations, both republican and democrat. Summary pentagon fuel use, climate change, and the costs. There are two groups the bush administration tend to listen to, the oil lobby and the pentagon. The pentagon calls climate change a national security. Today, the department of defense dod released its 2014 climate change adaptation roadmap, which focuses on various actions and planning the dod is taking to increase its resilience to. The pentagon is no wacko, liberal group, generally speaking it is conservative.
The threat posed by climate change to military bases has long been acknowledged by the pentagon. Pentagon releases short report saying climate change is a threat. Apocalyptic pentagon report on global warming could spur. Crawford1 boston university updated and revised, november 20192 summary if climate change is a threat multiplier, as some national security experts and members of the military argue, how does the us military reduce climate change. Report on effects of a changing climate to the department. Those and other edits suggest the pentagon has adapted its approach to public discussion of climate change under president trump, who has expressed doubt about the reality of a. Without the kind of controversial governmentwide approach to climate change from the obama era, the pentagon has turned its attention to specific issues at specific sites, such as the sea. The operators manual this video highlights the pentagons focus on climate change as the military examines potential risks, strategic responses, and impacts of climate change on future military and humanitarian missions.