Department of Defense Climate Risk Analysis

Abstract

Climate change is reshaping the geostrategic, operational, and tactical environments with significant implications for U.S. national security and defense. Increasing temperatures; changing precipitation patterns; and more frequent, intense, and unpredictable extreme weather conditions caused by climate change are exacerbating existing risks and creating new security challenges for U.S. interests. The risks of climate change to Department of Defense (DoD) strategies, plans, capabilities, missions, and equipment, as well as those of U.S. allies and partners, are growing. Global efforts to address climate change including actions to address the causes as well as the effects will influence DoD strategic interests, relationships, competition, and priorities. To train, fight, and win in this increasingly complex environment, DoD will consider the effects of climate change at every level of the DoD enterprise.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1172160

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Climate Change
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Information Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Training
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Strategic Security Studies