Scientific American: Defense Experts Call on Biden to Ready Military for Climate Change
Some leaders want the military to use its purchasing power to invest in clean energy technology and solutions to mitigate climate impacts
The incoming Biden administration should press U.S. defense and intelligence agencies to do more about climate change, a panel of national security experts said yesterday.
And one way to do it is through the power of their massive federal budgets.
The talk, hosted by the Center for Climate and Security, was centered on the advocacy group’s Climate Security Plan for America, released in 2019.
The plan calls on officials in the White House, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and elsewhere to develop holistic strategies to meet the threat of climate change and mitigate the country’s contributions to its destabilizing effects.
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WNU Editor: A lot of former top Pentagon leaders are pushing this policy .... Climate Security Plan for America.