Biden Orders Pentagon To Include Climate Change In New Strategy & War Games
Biden’s order directs the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to include climate risk assessments in developing a new National Defense Strategy, due in 2022, along with the Defense Planning Guidance, the Chairman's Risk Assessment, “and other relevant strategy, planning, and programming documents and processes.â€
By Paul McLeary on January 27, 2021 at 5:06 PM
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon will include climate change-related issues in its National Defense Strategy and war gaming, a major change driven by President Biden signing of an executive order today instructing the government to begin tackling climate change on a wider scale.
Biden’s order directs the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to include climate risk assessments in developing a new National Defense Strategy, due in 2022, along with the Defense Planning Guidance, the Chairman’s Risk Assessment, “and other relevant strategy, planning, and programming documents and processes.â€
https://breakingdefense.com/2021/01/biden-orders-pentagon-to-include-climate-change-in-new-strategy-war-games/