White House, Intelligence Agencies, And The Pentagon Issue Reports That Climate Change Threatens Global Security

Washington Post: White House, intelligence agencies, Pentagon issue reports warning that climate change threatens global security  

As the United States and nations around the world struggle to blunt the effects of rising temperatures and extreme weather, sweeping assessments released Thursday by the White House, the U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon conclude that climate change will exacerbate long-standing threats to global security. 

Together, the reports show a deepening concern within the U.S. security establishment that the shifts unleashed by climate change can reshape U.S. strategic interests, offer new opportunities to rivals such as China, and increase instability in nuclear states such as North Korea and Pakistan. 

The reports emerge as world leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow next month for crucial climate talks.  

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WNU Editor: The National Intelligence report is here .... National Intelligence Estimate on climate change. The White House report is here (link

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