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NATIONAL SECURITYAND THE THREAT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE
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Outline
�• Study Purpose and Approach�• Major Findings�• Regional Impacts�• Military Impacts�• Recommendations
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Outline
�• Study Purpose and Approach�• Major Findings�• Regional Impacts�• Military Impacts�• Recommendations
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�• �“What adverse conditions are climate changes likely to produce around the world?�”
IF TRENDS CONTINUE�….ADVERSE?
�• �“What are the ways in which these conditions may affectAmerica�’s national security interests?�”
CAN TRENDS AFFECT SECURITY?
�• �“What actions should the nation take to address the national security consequences of climate change?�”
WHAT CAN WE (NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY) DO?
Climate Change as a National Security Risk
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GEN Gordon R. Sullivan (USA), MAB ChairmanChief of Staff, Army
ADM Frank �“Skip�” Bowman (USN)Director, Navy Nuclear Power
Lt Gen Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. (USAF)Chief Planner HQ USAF
VADM Paul G. Gaffney II (USN)ONR and NDU
GEN Paul Kern (USA) Army Materiel Command
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Military Advisory Board
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ADM T. Joseph Lopez (USN)Commander, U.S. Navy Europe
ADM Donald �“Don�” L. Pilling (USN)Vice Chief, U.S. Navy
ADM Joseph W. Prueher (USN)Pacific Commander; U.S. Ambassador, China
VADM Richard H. Truly (USN)NASA Administrator; Astronaut
Gen Charles �“Chuck�” Wald (USAF)Deputy U.S. European Commander
Gen Anthony C. �“Tony�” Zinni (USMC)Commander Central Command
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Military Advisory Board
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�• CNA Corporation study
�– Advisory Board: 11 Retired Flag Officers
�– Director: Ms. Sherri GoodmanGeneral Counsel to CNA CorporationFormer Deputy Undersecretary of Defense
(Environmental Security)
�– Staff: CNA Corporation
�– Review Panel
�• Briefings: Scientists, Government Officials (US, UN & UK), Industry
US Military Leaders Examine Climate Change
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Perspective on Scientific Debate
We never have 100% certainty.
If you wait until you have 100% certainty, something bad is going to happen
on the battlefield.
That�’s something we know.
�— GEN Sullivan
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Outline
�• Study Purpose and Approach�• Major Findings�• Regional Impacts�• Military Impacts�• Recommendations
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Low
High
Probability
Low HighImpact
Climate Change/Cold War Threats
Low HighImpact
Cold War Climate Change
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Findings
�• Projected climate change poses a
serious threat to America�’s national security
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Finding: Serious Threat to National Security
You have very real changes in natural systems that are most likely to happen in
regions of the world that are already fertile ground for extremism.
�— ADM Lopez
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FoodFood
Case in Point: Darfur
Threats to Natural & Human Systems
ThreatsWater
Health Weather
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FoodFood
Threats to Natural & Human Systems
ThreatsWater
Health Weather
Case in Point: Somalia
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Findings
�• Projected climate change poses a
serious threat to America�’s national security
�• Climate change acts as a threat multiplierfor instability in some of the most volatile regions of the world
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Finding: Threat Multiplier
Unlike the challenges that we are used to dealing with, these will come upon us
extremely slowly, but come they will, and they will be grinding and inexorable.
But maybe more challenging is that they will affect every nation, and all simultaneously.
�— VADM Richard Truly
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Findings
�• Projected climate change poses a
serious threat to America�’s national security
�• Climate change acts as a threat multiplierfor instability in some of the most volatile regions of the world
�• Projected climate change will add to tensionseven in stable regions of the world
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Finding: Tensions Even in Stable Regions
Serious Threat:Mass Immigration
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Finding: Tensions Even in Stable Regions
Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory
Serious Threat:Extreme weather
2003 European heat wave killed
more than35,000 people
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Findings
�• Projected climate change poses a
serious threat to America�’s national security
�• Climate change acts as a threat multiplierfor instability in some of the most volatile regions of the world
�• Projected climate change will add to tensionseven in stable regions of the world
�• Climate change, national security,
and energy dependence are a related set of global challenges
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Finding: Climate, Security, and Energy
EnergyDependence
NationalSecurity
ClimateChange
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The critical factors for economic and security stability in the 21st century are
energy, water, and the environment�…
When [these factors] are not in balance, people live in poverty, suffer high death rates,
or move towards armed conflict.
�— GEN Kern
Finding: Climate, Security, and Energy
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Outline
�• Study Purpose and Approach�• Major Findings�• Regional Impacts�• Military Impacts�• Recommendations
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Europe
Europe will be focused on its own borders. There is potential for fracturing some very
strong alliances based on migrations and
the lack of control over borders.�— ADM Pilling
Regional Impacts
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Climate change will facilitate:�• weakened governance�• economic collapse�• human migrations�• potential conflicts
Stability operations and humanitarian missions
could increase for U.S.
Africa
Regional Impacts
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Water security will be threatened �–two-thirds of the Arab world already depends on water sources external to their borders
Loss of food and water security will increase pressure to emigrate across borders
Middle East
Regional Impacts
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Even small changes may have a
greater impact here than they may have elsewhere.
You already have great tension over water.
It�’s not hard to make the connection between climate change and instability...
�— Gen Zinni
Middle East
Regional Impacts
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Almost 40 percent of Asia�’s
4 billion people live within 45 miles of the coast
Inundation of coastal areas, with loss of settled areas and agricultural land
Threats to water, and spread of infectious disease will stress the region
Asia
Regional Impacts
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Coastal areas vulnerable to sea level rise coupled with more intense hurricanes
Loss of glaciers will strain water supply in several areas, such as Peru and Venezuela
Migration into the U.S. will likely increase
Western Hemisphere
Regional Impacts
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Outline
�• Study Purpose and Approach�• Major Findings�• Regional Impacts�• Military Impacts�• Recommendations
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Climate change - whether hotter, drier, or
wetter - will add stress to our
weapons systems
Impacts on Military Systems
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Bases Threatened by Rising Sea Levels
Diego Garcia: Major
logistics hub for U.S. and
Britain
Average Elevation:
4 Feet
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Bases Threatened by Rising Sea Levels
Hurricane Ivan2004:
Windspeedsgreater than
100 mph
Closed Naval Air Station
Pensacola for nearly a year
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Weather Affects Operations
A major weather event becomes a distraction from your ability
to focus on and execute your military mission.
�— GEN Kern
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Creates Engagement Opportunities
Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2005:
Support Operations &
Capacity Building
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Arctic Implications
Ice-Free Arctic:Increased scope of Naval Operations
US Navy has little capacity to operate in
this environment
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Outline
�• Study Purpose and Approach�• Major Findings�• Regional Impacts�• Military Impacts�• Recommendations
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Recommendation 1: National Planning
National securityconsequences of climate change
should be fully integratedinto national security and
national defense strategies
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If climate change is, in fact, a critical issue for security, then the
military and intelligence communitiesshould be specifically tasked to
aggressively find ways to make their data, talent, and systems capabilities
available to American efforts in understanding climate change signals.
�— VADM Gaffney
Recommendation 1: National Planning
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Recommendation 2: Stronger Role for U.S.
U.S. should commit to stronger national and international role
to help stabilize climate changeat levels that will avoid significant disruption to
global security and stability
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Recommendation 3: Global Partnerships
U.S. should
commit to global partnershipsthat help less developed nations
build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts
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Cooperation with China
�…On the issue of carbon emissions, it doesn�’t help us to solve our problem
if China doesn�’t solve theirs.
And that means we need to engage them on many fronts.
Not talking to the Chinese is not an option.
�— ADM Prueher
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Recommendation 4: Operational Capability
The Department of Defense should
enhance operational capabilityby accelerating the adoption of
improved business processes and
innovative technologiesthat result in improved U.S. combat
power through energy efficiency
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Battlefield Tonnage in Fuel & Water
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The military should be interested in fuel economy on the battlefield.
If you can move your men and materiel more quickly �… you�’re more efficient on the
battlefield.
That�’s a life and death issue.
�— Lt Gen Farrell
Readiness
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Recommendation 5: Impact on Military Installations
The Department of Defense shouldconduct an assessment of the impact on
U.S. military installations worldwideof rising sea levels,
extreme weather events, and otherprojected climate change impacts
over the next 30 to 40 years
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Conclusion
We will pay for this 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.
There will be a human toll.�— Gen Zinni
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NATIONAL SECURITYAND THE THREAT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE