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Among the announcements on Biden's #ClimateDay is a prominent commitment to consider climate change "as a national security issue" as @SecDef below asserts. But is that a good thing?
It's certainly not a surprise. It was a major focus for Obama too. In fact just before he finished office, he instructed every federal department to consider climate change through the lens of climate security. Trump ended this immediately. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-offi…
Biden wants climate change to be part of national security planning, put his climate envoy @SecKerry on the National Security Council and requested a National Intelligence Estimate on the security implications of climate change. But apart from emphasis little is new.
Happy #ClimateDay: FACT SHEET ➡️ "President Biden Takes Executive Actions to Tackle the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, Create Jobs, and Restore Scientific Integrity Across Federal Government" whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
The order "makes clear that both significant short-term global emission reductions and net zero global emissions by mid-century – or before – are required to avoid setting the world on a dangerous, potentially catastrophic, climate trajectory."
"The order clearly establishes climate considerations as an essential element of U.S. foreign policy and national security."
