Fight Back Blog: Pentagon Lists Climate Change as Destabilizing Force

02.01.2010 Posted By: Brian Young

From The Hill:

The Pentagon is set to release the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) on Monday, along with the 2011 budget request.

In the review, Pentagon officials conclude that climate change will act as an “accelerant of instability and conflict,” ultimately placing a burden on civilian institutions and militaries around the world.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.), a key architect of Senate climate plans, was the first to draw attention to the significance of climate change in the QDR. Kerry said last week that the QDR will list climate change as a security problem that could claim U.S. lives.

Now, if anyone ever claims to you that global climate change isn't happening, you can always say, "Look, even the Pentagon has admitted it. They include climate change in their planning because it's so destabilizing."

A vote for strong climate change legislation is a vote for a prosperous, stable future.