Protecting the Homeland – The Rising Costs of Inaction on Climate Change
The effects of climate change are already taking a serious toll on the United States. Rising sea levels, more severe and frequent droughts, floods, wildfires, and storms threaten critical infrastructure, military preparedness, and human life.
Climate change is also sapping the economy and straining federal budgets as the government is forced to pay out record levels in disaster relief each year.
This fact sheet lays out some of the trends in climate events over the last ten to fifteen years, demonstrating rising threats to the United States.
Mitigating greenhouse gases is necessary to reduce the effects of climate change. However, the United States must also take adaptation measures in order to minimize the inevitable consequences of climate change.
Protecting the Homeland – the Rising Costs of Inaction on Climate Change
Protecting the Homeland – the Rising Costs of Inaction on Climate Change
3 Comments
Comments are closed.
[…] in FierceHomelandSecurity quoted and referenced ASP’s recently released fact sheet, “Protecting the Homeland – The Rising Cost of Inaction on Climate Change.” The fact sheet details the trends of climate disasters over the last few decades, […]
[…] can harm food security. Some climate models suggest that, in addition to droughts and heat waves, global warming can contribute to floods and increased occurrences of hurricanes. This is because warming will increase the overall temperature of surface waters and also increase […]
[…] by the President in his commencement speech about climate change security. For example, ASP’s “Protecting the Homeland – The Rising Costs of Inaction in Climate Change” clearly states that the influx of rain water in certain areas, and the lack of it in others, […]