Topic(s): Anthropogenic Changes, Causes of Climate Change, Measuring and Modeling Climate, Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, National Security, Climate Impacts, Human Responses to Climate, Energy Use
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
This video highlights the Pentagon's focus on climate change as the military examines potential risks, strategic responses, and impacts of climate change on future military and humanitarian missions. In 2010, for the first time, the Pentagon focused on climate change as a significant factor in its Quadrennial Defense Review of potential risks and strategic responses. Rear Admiral David Titley, Oceanographer of the Navy, explains why the US military sees clear evidence of climate change and how those changes will affect future military and humanitarian missions.