DOD Plans To Operationalize Climate Risk Into Services’ Strategic Planning

November 2, 2021
Top Department of Defense (DOD) officials say they will operationalize climate-related risks detailed in a recently released report into their National Defense Strategy (NDS) and other upcoming strategic documents and programs, as they reiterate the harm climate change could cause to U.S. national security. “We’ll see [the risk report’s findings] operationalized in how our services are doing their planning and their investments, we’ll see it in how the combatant commands are thinking about their campaign plans and their approach to...


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