Ideas
A Water-Stressed World Turns to Desalination
More cities rely on desalination, which remains expensive and creates its own environmental problems.
Threats
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.
Threats
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.
Ideas
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.
Science & Tech
Admiral: The US Is ‘Operating Blind’ In the Arctic
The Navy needs more weather data to better operate in the cold northern seas.
Threats
Lawmakers Probe Navy, Marine Corps Plans on Climate Change
Trump’s picks for Chief of Naval Operations and Marine Corps Commandant sailed through their confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
Threats
Greenland Is Falling Apart
Its ice sheet, which holds enough water to raise sea level by 25 feet, may now be melting from the bottom.
Ideas
Tyndall and Offutt AFBs Need More Repair Money — and Fast
US Air Force readiness will suffer if Congress doesn’t approve more funds by June.
Threats
What Will Climate Change Mean for Security in Africa?
The Pentagon faces different challenges in a continent where it has only one permanent base — but lots of troops.
Ideas
Ep. 41: Climate Change vs. the US Military
In this episode, we investigate matters of resilience and base design as part of a broader look at how climate change will likely affect the U.S. military in the years ahead.
Ideas
As Africa Seeks Global Partners, It Will Ask: Who's Helping with Climate Change?
If the United States hopes to outduel China for influence on the continent, it must consider Cyclone Idai and its turbocharged ilk to come.
Threats
US Air Force: We Need $5 Billion To Fix Weather-Damaged Bases
Without the cash, service says it will cut pilot training, ground planes, stop other base construction projects.
Ideas
The Pentagon Could Lead the Green New Deal to Victory
Defense leaders have long braced for the impacts of climate change. Working with climate advocates could ward off those threats.
Threats
Lawmakers Tell Pentagon: Revise and Resubmit Your Climate-Change Report
The most recent one didn’t even meet the legal requirements contained in the 2018 defense authorization act.
Threats
As The Arctic Warms, US Navy Considering Summer Transit, Bering Sea Port
The Navy secretary says his service must be ready to answer Russian moves at the top of the world.
Threats
Global Carbon Emissions Rose in 2018 — A Lot
Three studies show the world is losing the fight to reduce greenhouse gases by 2030.
Policy
With Stakes Mounting, World’s Governments Meet on Climate Change
The Dec. 2-14 meeting in Poland is the most significant conference since Paris in 2015.
Threats
Why Publish a Dire Federal Climate Report on Black Friday?
In a massive new report, federal scientists contradict President Trump and assert that climate change is an intensifying danger to the United States. Too bad it came out on a holiday.
Threats
Dire New UN Climate Report Lays Out a Way Ahead
The battle to prevent climate change has already been lost. But the battle to blunt its effects has just begun.
Ideas