National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
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Title:
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
Creator:
CNA Advisory Board
Publisher:
The CNA Corporation
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Language:
English

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Summary:
The purpose of this study is to examine the national security consequences of climate change. A dozen of the nation’s most respected retired admirals and generals have served as a Military Advisory Board to study how climate change could affect our nation’s security over the next 30 to 40 years—the time frame for developing new military capabilities. The specific questions addressed in this report are: 1. What conditions are climate changes likely to produce around the world that would represent security risks to the United States? 2. What are the ways in which these conditions may affect America’s national security interests? 3. What actions should the nation take to address the national security consequences of climate change? The Military Advisory Board hopes these findings will contribute to the call President Bush made in his 2007 State of the Union address to “...help us to confront the serious challenge of global climate change” by contributing a new voice and perspective to the issue.

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Florida International University
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