Troops to Get 'Climate Literacy' Education Under Pentagon's New Climate Change Plan
10 Oct 2021
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
A military of "climate literate" troops and bases powered by microgrids, that's the future envisioned by the Pentagon.
Its new climate change plan, ordered by President Joe Biden and released Thursday, would affect every level of command. It seeks to counter the damaging effects of a warming world by educating troops on the potential peril and hardening installations.
Rising sea levels, extreme heat, more severe hurricanes and wildfires are all hitting the military, either by threatening bases and hampering training or by fueling global instability.
"It's real, and no one in the department denies it, particularly the new people, the younger folks," Richard Kidd, deputy assistant secretary of defense for environment and energy resilience, said during a press conference Friday. "This is part of their life, and they're driving it. They're a force for change."
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