Pentagon planners need better climate data to assess security threats - study
Source: E&E News
Journalist: Annie Snider
Original Post: Pentagon planners need better climate data to assess security threats - study
Type: News Article
Topic(s): Natural Resources + National Security = Natural Security
Project(s): Asia-Pacific Security , Diplomacy and Development, Earth Monitoring and U.S. National Security, Energy Security and Climate Change, South and Central Asia, South China Sea: Cooperation, Conflict, and U.S. Interests, Twenty First Century Strategic Environment, U.S. National Security and Defense Policy
Journalist: Annie Snider
Original Post: Pentagon planners need better climate data to assess security threats - study
Type: News Article
November 11, 2011 — The Pentagon needs more robust climate predictions to help it prepare for global warming impacts across a broad range of operations, the Defense Department's outside scientific advisory board warns in a new report.
"Climate change will only grow in concern for the United States and its security interests," Defense Science Board Chairman Paul Kaminski wrote in his cover letter to the study, "Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security."
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Related:Topic(s): Natural Resources + National Security = Natural Security
Project(s): Asia-Pacific Security , Diplomacy and Development, Earth Monitoring and U.S. National Security, Energy Security and Climate Change, South and Central Asia, South China Sea: Cooperation, Conflict, and U.S. Interests, Twenty First Century Strategic Environment, U.S. National Security and Defense Policy
