National Security and Climate Change
b"What\\u2019s the connection between climate change and national security? \\u201cMilitary commanders don't operate on the basis of fiction,\\u201d says Leon Panetta, who served as Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA under President Obama. \\u201cUnderstanding climate change and what was happening had to be part and parcel of our effort to protect our security.\\u201d The military has long seen climate as critical to readiness, as Rear Admiral David Titley (Ret) explains. \\u201cIf you\\u2019re directly connecting renewable energy to increasing our combat effectiveness,\\u201d explains Titley, \\u201cthe military is all in.\\u201d\\n\\nLeon Panetta, \\nFormer Secretary of Defense\\n\\nRear Admiral David W. Titley, USN (Ret) \\nDirector, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Penn State University\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"