Solving global climate change can help ensure America’s security
Fighting global warming is one way to ensure the security of our nation — if left unchecked, global warming could lead to civil strife, economic stress, conflicts over water and other resources, mass migration, and increased terrorism.
The Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate is dedicated to highlighting the climate-security nexus in order to advance discussions and solutions that will make the United States safer, more prosperous, and secure.
The Issues
Resource Conflict
Economic Stresses
Mass Migration
Humanitarian Disasters
Military Preparedness
Energy & National Security
Latest News
Dennis Blair testifies on the Annual Threat Assessment of
the
US Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence
DoD declares global warming will play a "significant role in shaping the future security environment"
read the Quadrennial Defense Review
Pentagon review to address climate change for the first time
Roxana Tiron, The Hill, January 30, 2010
Pentagon to list warming as a 'destabilizing' force
Colin Sullivan, E&E, January 26, 2010
Vets fight for cleaner energy
T.J. Greaney, Columbia Daily Tribune, January 22, 2010
Military in Hawaii has big plans for solar power at base
William Cole, Honolulu Adviser, January 21, 2010
Watch: Former Sen. John Warner discusses impact of climate change on national security
Events
2010 tour dates coming soon!We will pay for this [climate change impacts] one way or another. We will pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions today, and we’ll have to take an economic hit of some kind. Or we will pay the price later in military terms…and that will involve human lives
—General Anthony C. Zinni