GR: The U. S. military is taking climate change seriously. A new report released yesterday by the Department of Defense describes military preparations for the expected changes and efforts to reduce greenhouse gasses responsible for the changes.
2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap. U. S. Department of Defense,
Department of Defense Climate Change Excerpt From the Foreword:

“The responsibility of the Department of Defense is the security of our country. That requires thinking ahead and planning for a wide range of contingencies. Among the future trends that will impact our national security is climate change. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will likely lead to food and water shortages, pandemic disease, disputes over refugees and resources, and destruction by natural disasters in regions across the globe. In our defense strategy, we refer to climate change as a “threat multiplier” because it has the potential to exacerbate many of the challenges we are dealing with today – from infectious disease to terrorism. We are already beginning to see some of these impacts.
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