Climate Resilience: DOD Needs to Assess Risk and Provide Guidance on Use of Climate Projections in Installation Master Plans and Facilities Designs
Abstract
DOD manages a global real-estate portfolio with an almost $1.2 trillion estimated replacement value. Since 2010, DOD has identified climate change as a threat to its operations and installations. In January 2019, DOD stated that the effects of a changing climate are a national security issue with potential impacts to the departments missions, operational plans, and installations. GAO was asked to assess DODs progress in developing a means to account for potentially damaging weather in its facilities project designs. GAO examined the extent to which DOD has taken steps to incorporate resilience to extreme weather and climate change effects into (1) selected installation master plans and related planning documents, and (2) selected individual installation facilities projects. GAO reviewed DOD documents related to increasing climate resilience, conducting installation master planning, and designing facilities projects. GAO visited or contacted a non-generalizable sample of 23 installations that had been associated with one or more climate vulnerabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1156938
Entities
People
- Amie Lesser
- Benjamin Sclafani
- Brian J. Lepore
- Diana Maurer
- Grace Meany
- Jack Wang
- Joanne Landesman
- Joseph D. Thompson
- Kendall Childers
- Kristy Williams
- Michael Armes
- Monica Savoy
- Samantha Piercy
- Shahrzad Nikoo
- Simon Hirschfeld
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office