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Defense Department and Intelligence Community Release Major Climate Reports

The Warcast
October 21, 2021

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Episode Notes:

Today was a landmark day in the Biden administration's public stance on climate change. The intelligence community, Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security, and White House all released major reports on how climate change will affect U.S. national security. To help us sift through the documents, we’re joined today on the Warcast by Erin Sikorsky. Erin is director of the Center for Climate and Security and the International Military Council on Climate and Security. Previously, she led the U.S. intelligence community’s environmental and climate security analysis.

 

[ 00:53 ] Signal from administration

[ 01:53 ] Key takeaways

[ 04:52 ] Impact on intelligence community