Ministry of Defense Response Strategy on Climate Change
Publisher: Japanese Ministry of Defense
Date: 2022
Topics: Climate Change, Extractive Resources, Programming, Public Health
Countries: Japan
Climate change is now recognized as an existential threat to global security. The Minister of Defense participated in the climate security session in the Leaders' Summit on Climate held in the United States in April 2021, where he sat down with defense ministers from around the world to discuss global security challenges posed by climate change and the steps being taken to address them.
The issue of climate change will inevitably have further impact on the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces' operations, plans, facilities, and defense equipment, as well as on the security environment surrounding Japan, including our response to future energy shifts, and it has truly become a security issue.
Upon citing the impact of climate change on Japan's security, and also taking a long-term perspective, this document sets forth the following objectives and provides the basic direction for the various measures that the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces should strategically address in the future.