Climate Investments Tied to Mission Objectives, DOD Official Says
APRIL 1, 2022 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS
Climate change is reshaping the geostrategic operational and tactical environment, with significant implications for U.S. national security and defense, said Joe Bryan, a Department of Defense official.
Bryan, DOD chief sustainability officer and senior climate advisor to the defense secretary; Melissa Dalton, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and hemispheric affairs; and Richard Kidd, deputy assistant defense secretary for environment and energy resilience, spoke to the media yesterday.
From extreme heat and drought to more intense and unpredictable weather, climate is also impacting military readiness and imposing significant costs on the department, Bryan said.
Climate change is increasingly setting the context for DOD operations, and those of our allies and partners, as well as adversaries, he said.
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