Climate Change: Former Top Military Officials Seek Action, Saying Climate Change Poses ‘Unprecedented Security Risks’

Sep 24, 2019 | Wyatt Olson, Stars and Stripes
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A group of former top military and national security officials on Tuesday called for President Donald Trump to establish a sweeping plan that treats climate change as a major national security threat. The Climate Security Plan for America recommends the creation of a White House Office on Climate Security to be led by a senior official reporting directly to the president “in order to combat these unprecedented security risks urgently and comprehensively.”