Military and Department of Defense Response to Climate Change and Emerging Environmental Issues, Adaptation Roadmap, Security Challenge, Global Warming Military Implications, Future Naval Operations * * * * * * * * * * * * U.S. Government, U.S. Military, Department of Defense (DoD) * * * * * * * * * * * * Progressive Management Questions? Suggestions? Comments? Concerns? Please contact the publisher directly at [email protected] Remember, the book retailer can't answer your questions, but we can! * * * * * * * * * * * * This is a privately authored news service and educational publication of Progressive Management. Our publications synthesize official government information with original material - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work to uniformly present authoritative knowledge that can be rapidly read, reviewed or searched. 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Our e-books put knowledge at your fingertips, and an expert in your pocket! * * * * * * * * * * * * CONTENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military How Should the Department of Defense Approach Environmental Security Implications of Climate Change Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security The Department of Defense and Climate Change: Initiating the Dialogue Climate Change Implications to the Global Security Environment, U.S. Interests, and Future Naval Operations Department of Defense 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap Taking Up The Security Challenge of Climate Change Military Implications of Global Warming * * * * * * * * * * * * 2015 Worldwide Threat Assessment DIA Director Worldwide Threat Assessment White House National Security Strategy February 2015 * * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military * * * * * * * * * * * * The Millennium Project for the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute January 31, 2011 SUBCONTRACT NO: 1048 LMI TASK NO: MAN0B.04 The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy, or decision, unless so designated by other documentation. Summarizing Environmental Security Monthly Scanning July 2010 - January 2011 Introduction. 1. Environmental Security Monthly Scanning Items A Preventing or repairing military damage to the environment B Preventing or responding to environmentally caused conflicts C Protecting the environment due to the moral value of the environment itself 2. Military Implications and Sources Acknowledgments This work was supported by the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute, with the supervision of John Fittipaldi, under the Subcontract No: 1048, LMI Task No: MAN0B.04 Introduction The purpose of this study is to assess worldwide environment-related issues in order to identify and analyze events that might have environmental security implications, and/or trigger future international environmental treaties or modifications to the existing ones, with potential implications for the military. The Millennium Project defines environmental security as environmental viability for life support, with three sub-elements: • preventing or repairing military damage to the environment • preventing or responding to environmentally caused conflicts • protecting the environment due to its inherent moral value. This report presents a summary of recent events and emerging environmental security-related issues organized around this definition. About 200 items have been identified since July 2010, and over 2,000 items since this work began in August 2002. For a complete version of the reports organized by months, see the Army Environmental Policy Institute web page http://www.aepi.army.mil/reports/. * * * Key environmental and resource constraints, including health risks, climate change, water scarcity and increasing energy needs will further shape the future security environment in areas of concern to NATO and have the potential to significantly affect NATO planning and operations. 2 - Active Engagement, Modern Defence. Strategic Concept for the Defence and Security of the Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation adopted by Heads of State and Government in Lisbon. 19 Nov. 2010 While climate change alone does not cause conflict, it may act as an accelerant of instability or conflict, placing a burden to respond on civilian institutions and militaries around the world. - 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review United States Department of Defense 1. Environmental Security Monthly Scanning Items A. Preventing or repairing military damage to the environment Environmental Security Rises on the International Political Agenda NATO's New Strategic Concept Includes Environmental Security NATO Continues to Develop Cyber Defense Policies Germany to Propose Adding Climate Change to UN Security Council Agenda Environmental Aspects Should Be Factored More Into Conventional Security Concerns UN Official Calls to "Securitize the Ground" as part of Human Security International Consortium Created to Curb Environmental Crime Environment-related Issues Dominate the UN General Assembly Debate The UN and African Union to Increase Cooperation for Peace and Security An Emerging Nordic-Baltic Alliance Might Have Security Implications Pacific Region Programs for Addressing Environmental Security Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) Vision Working Group Report Comprehensive Assessment of Environmental Security International Treaties Related To Environmental Security and Military Actions Updates of the Rome Statute Include Amendments on the Crime of Aggression and Expansion of Criminalizing the Use of Certain Weapons in Non-international Conflicts UN Resolution Acknowledges Access to Clean Water and Sanitation a Human Right UN Human Rights Council Affirms Right to Water as Legally-Binding International Biosecurity Initiative 3 Synthetic Biology Guidelines to Reduce Bioweapon Threats Conflict and Post-Conflict Environmental Security Issues High cancer rates in Fallujah, Iraq; New Study Raises Questions on Environmental Damage from Bombardments Measuring Progress in Conflict Environments: A Metrics Framework Economic Argument for Peace-building in Sudan Artillery Training Charges Pose Environmental Asbestos Threat National and Regional Initiatives Affecting Military Activities Latin American Initiatives for Environmental Security First U.S.-Russian Environmental Protection Park CEC's Five-year Strategic Plan Increases North-American Environmental Integration EU to Set Resource Efficiency Targets Islamic Conference of Environmental Ministers Approves Detailed Program Evolution of Environmental Management Philosophy in China Technological Advances with Environmental Security Implications Computer Technology and Robotics New Detection and Cleanup Techniques Counter Bioterrorism or Pandemic Technologies Promising Environment-friendly Technologies Increasing Energy Efficiency Technologies Technologies for New Generations of Cars Space Technology Technologies that Could Trigger New Forms of Arms Race B. Preventing or Responding to Environmentally-Caused Conflicts Security Implications of Environmental Aspects New Website Addresses Conflict-sensitive Conservation Extinction Threatening 21% of Africa's Freshwater Species Could Have Security Implications 4 Possible Conflicts over National/Regional Geoengineering Projects Indigenous People Demanding Regulations for Addressing Climate Change and Mining Race for Natural Resources Natural Resources Fuel Violence in Eastern D.R. Congo Protests in Peru over Dam Irrigation and Hydroelectric Project Part of a Regional Picture The Battle for Rare Earth Elements Continues Chinese Rare Earth Restrictions China Applies for Seabed Mining Permit in Search for New Mineral Resources Arctic and South China Sea Resource Issues Causing U.S. to Review Law of the Sea Arctic Debate Natural Disasters and Scientific Evidence Scientific Evidence and Potential Consequences of Climate Change Migration Triggered by Environmental Causes Climate Refugees Trends Renewed Protection for Refugees in Latin America Melting Sea Ice and Glaciers Regional Evidence and Trends Food and Freshwater Food Security Issues Freshwater Security Issues Health Potential Impacts of Climate Change UNEP Study on Inter-Linkages of Climate Change, POPs, and Human Health Energy Security Scientists Create 20-Year Roadmap for Nuclear Energy World Energy Outlook 2010 China is Now the Largest Energy Consumer in the World Nordic Countries to Support Mekong Energy and Environment Partnership 5 Coal-fired Power Plants under Fire Prevention and Adaptation Policy recommendations and Actions for Adaptation to Climate Change Reports on Sustainability and Climate Change FAO Launches Global Fire Information Management System Climate Modeling and Scenarios Climate Projection Models Scenarios