Sometimes you want to hear from the very top, and sometimes you want to get into the details. In the last couple of weeks, the U.S. Congress has done both, and each one teaches us something important about the way the Department of Defense (DoD) is planning to deal with climate change early in this Administration. Keep Reading
At a recent Leaders Summit on Climate, U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin led a session focused on identifying climate security risks and reiterating existing promises for combating them. Keep Reading
On March 26, the Readiness Subcommittee of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on resilience, which in recent years has become synonymous with climate change adaptation. Keep Reading
Under the Biden Administration and Secretary Austin’s leadership, it is clear that the DOD will be ramping up its efforts to further integrate climate change and its implications into the department’s functions. Every other federal agency will be doing the same. Keep Reading
In another sign that the Department of Defense (DOD) is prioritizing climate security risks, the annual Inspector General (IG) summary of the Department’s top management challenges explicitly discusses climate change and extreme weather events. Keep Reading