Planning for Climate Change: What Should the Air Force Do

Abstract

The Air Force does not currently have a formal climate change program or strategy and this presents a serious limitation to effectively planning for future climate change. The purpose of this research is to present possible future climate change scenarios and provide recommendations that would enable the Air Force to effectively and appropriately plan for future climate change. This research seeks to answer one primary question concerning global climate change and its potential future impacts on the Air Force: How can the Air Force effectively assess and prepare for the potential future implications of global climate change?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 26, 2011
Accession Number
AD1030792

Entities

People

  • Jason A. Dalpias

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Climate Change
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Environmental Protection
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Economics