New Threats to National Security in the Age of Climate Change

Nov 2, 2015 | Rep. Adam Schiff
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In California, climate change is no longer an abstract concept found in the scientific journals. Record temperatures, extreme drought and a surge in devastating wildfires are a daily and painful reminder of the new challenges we now face. The rest of the world is no more immune to the environmental impacts of climate change than we are here at home. Resource shortages, the rise of global sea levels, and extreme weather are creating new threats to global security and exacerbating existing conflicts.