Climate
How Biden and Kerry Could Rebuild America’s Global Climate Leadership
Kerry’s decades of experience and the international relationships he developed as a senator and secretary of state may give him a chance.
What Would a Climate-Focused DoD Budget Look Like?
It’d be less about what we spend and more about how we spend the money we already have.
The United States Has Become a Disaster Area
Hurricanes in the Gulf, fires in the West, the coronavirus everywhere—the country is a mess.
The US Is on the Path to Destruction
Climate change is killing Americans and destroying the country’s physical infrastructure.
Trump Isn’t a Climate Denier. He’s Worse.
Leaving the Paris Agreement and other efforts to slow the globe's transition from fossil fuels will ultimately undermine U.S. power.
Protecting US Bases Increasingly Requires Hardening Civilian Infrastructure
Congress needs to fund its Defense Community Infrastructure Program, and the military needs to think beyond its gates.
How Climate Change Will Help China And Russia Wage Hybrid War
Increased refugee flows, weather threats, and declining food security will deepen tensions already being exploited to divide and weaken the U.S. and its allies.
The Amazon Fires Reveal the Dysfunction of the Global Community
The case for territorial incursion in the Amazon is far stronger than the justifications for most war.
Brazil's Bolsonaro Is Endangering the World
As a store of carbon, the Amazon is fundamental to the survival of every person. If destroyed or degraded, the giant rain forest is simply beyond humanity’s ability to get back.
Which US Cities Are Least Prepared for Climate Disaster?
New studies find cities most vulnerable to climate change disasters—heat waves, flooding, rising seas, drought—are the least prepared.
No One’s Going to Be Happy Giving Up Land to Fight Climate Change
Here are seven ways of understanding the IPCC’s newest climate warning.
A Supercomputer Will Help the US Air Force Predict the Weather
The $25 million contract will provide a system that supports the military’s complex weather prediction workloads.
No Climate Event in 2,000 Years Compares to What’s Happening Now
While parts of the world have warmed or cooled in the past, modern climate change is happening just about everywhere at the same time.
Democrats Still Don’t Know How to Talk About Climate Change
They did try, though.
A Water-Stressed World Turns to Desalination
More cities rely on desalination, which remains expensive and creates its own environmental problems.
How the Climate Crisis Threatens the US Energy System
The U.S. military is the largest customer of the U.S. electricity grid, and other insights from a two-day workshop convened by the Council on Foreign Relations.
These Are the US Military Bases Most Threatened by Climate Change
The belated lists arrived just ahead of a GAO report that says the Pentagon is failing to use climate projections in planning.
The US Military Emits More Carbon than Sweden
Even as it begins to grapple with climate change, the Defense Department remains the world’s single largest consumer of oil.
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