DON’T LET CLIMATE CHANGE MAKE MORE VETS

Climate Change Is the ‘Mother of All Risks’ to National Security; A strong global climate agreement in Paris would help build a safer America

Jon Powers, November 6, 2015 (Time Magazine)

“…[There is clear consensus among leaders in the U.S. military] that climate change poses an immediate risk to national security…and they are actively pushing goals to dramatically scale up renewable energy. The U.S. must replicate this leadership and seize the opportunity when countries meet this December in Paris to finalize a global deal on climate change…To the military, climate change acts as a threat multiplier, exacerbating threats in already unstable regions of the world…The U.S. is already suffering from the impacts of climate change. In 2014 alone, there were eight extreme weather and climate events with losses of more than $1 billion…Without a global agreement in Paris, the world—including the U.S.—is headed toward potentially catastrophic climate impacts…[A] bipartisan group of 48 national security and foreign policy leaders—including three former Secretaries of Defense and two former Secretaries of State—recently issued a statement urging the highest levels of American government and business to take domestic and international action…” click here for more

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