Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military
Abstract
Key environmental and resource constraints, including health risks, climate change, water scarcity and increasing energy needs will further shape the future security environment in areas of concern to NATO and have the potential to significantly affect NATO planning and operations, reads NATO's new Strategic Concept for the next decade, adopted at the alliance's Summit meeting in Lisbon, November 2010. The new roadmap was updated considering modern threats such as energy security, cyber attacks, and the security impacts of emerging technologies, along with and in the context of the spread of terrorism and extremist groups. It stipulates that,--A number of significant technology-related trends--including the development of laser weapons, electronic warfare and technologies that impede access to space--appear poised to have major global effects that will impact on NATO military planning and operations. In the spirit of enhancing EU-NATO cooperation, an EU-US Working Group on Cyber-security and Cybercrime was established to address specific priority areas, and an agreement on the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program was negotiated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA534995