Threats

Working With China on Climate is ‘Most Important Element’ of the Decade, NSC Official Says

Kurt Campbell also talked about how Biden’s China policy is different from Trump’s and how to reconcile cooperation with an authoritarian state.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Ideas

2021 Top Ten: Ideas

The intertwined need to confront China and climate change, turning the tables on Russian psyops, and more.

  • Defense One Staff
Ideas

The US Can’t Compete With China Without Tackling Climate Change

Beijing is already working to turn the climate crisis to its advantage.

  • Sherri Goodman, Erin Sikorsky and Francesco Femia
Threats

Pentagon Will Add a Climate-Policy Czar

New post is intended to champion climate considerations inside and beyond the Department, Kahl says.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Threats

The Army Brief: Vaccine exemptions; Skipping climate conference; Afghanistan terror; and more...

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Threats

Pentagon to Skip Global Climate Conference, Despite 'Existential Threat'

Former defense officials called it a “missed opportunity.”

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Threats

A Quartet of Warnings Highlight Climate-Related Threats

Agencies vow to heed climate change in all strategy planning, but experts say that won’t be enough.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Threats

New DOD Climate Plan: Adjust Ops, Training, Gear for Extreme Weather

Virtual exercises will help when wildfires rage; equipment will be tested for health effects in intense heat and cold.

  • Tara Copp
Ideas

The Pentagon’s New Climate Plan Aims to Manage the Unavoidable

The new plan has considerably more specificity, requirements, objectives, and metrics than we had in 2014.

  • John Conger
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 87: Climate change vs. everyone

In this episode, we review how our understanding of the threats posed by human-caused climate change is evolving, and we look at some ways the U.S. could more smartly compete with China.

  • Defense One Staff
Special Report Science & Tech

Climate Change Is Already Disrupting the Military. It Will Get Worse, Officials Say

Even as wildfires drain National Guard resources, the Pentagon is racing to develop computer models that can better guide decisions about sustainability efforts.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

Add Natural Conservation to Security-Cooperation Efforts

Protecting ecosystems can reduce destabilizing refugee flows, resource insecurity, and more.

  • Alice C. Hill
Science & Tech

NATO Members Agree to Broad Tech, Environmental Agenda

A new tech accelerator and innovation fund comes with new commitments on cyber resilience and a collective look at emissions.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: NATO summit wrap; Biden’s goals for Putin meeting; Korean border robots; Grim wildfire predictions; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Ideas

Is Climate Change America’s Greatest Security Threat?

Hint: that’s not the right question.

  • John Conger
Threats

Climate Change Will Force Coast Guard to Respond to ‘More Intense’ Storms, Biden Says

One recent hurricane season cost the service nearly a billion dollars to respond to aid requests and repair the damage to its own facilities. The future is sure to bring worse.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Threats

The D Brief: Climate emergency worsens; Russia’s Ukraine buildup; QAnon, weaponized; ‘Do not travel’ warning expanded; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
Ideas

The Arctic Is No Substitute for Suez. We Should Keep It That Way.

One obvious way to reduce tensions in the region is to slow climate change and the use of northern sea routes.

  • Joshua Tallis
Ideas

New Biden Directive Shields Federal Scientists From Political Interference

President also calls on agencies to overhaul their vehicle fleet.

  • Eric Katz
Ideas

The Pentagon’s Chance to Get Serious About Climate Change

Biden’s executive order is a welcome first step — but there's only so much the military can do.

  • Sharon Burke
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