It is right in our face...
Funny how the committee members providing oversight on programs like this kinda went asleep...Or did they???
It’s for the chil’run, Stevie.
The head of this group:
Dr. Daniel Y. Chiu
http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=349
Is a “climate change” globalist:
Excerpts:
Prioritizing Climate Change for Policy Makers:
Dr. Daniel CHIU considered the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review to be an acknowledgement by the US leadership of the existence of climate security risks. What the leadership needed now were risk-benefit scenarios as part of a decision making tool.
The Use of the Military in the Context of Climate Change:
Dr. CHIU, in response, referred to the analogy, arguing that “the rabbit is often very complex”. For the DoD it was a challenging task to strike a balance between reactive (traditional) and proactive (new) capabilities and operations that need to be properly and timely planned and executed. Thus, in a more complex, globalised and less predictable security environment “the rabbit needs to be shot with a shotgun” at times. Dr. Chiu also emphasised that assisting partners and allies in building capacities and facilitating deeper cooperation was a very important aspect of the responsibilities of the DoD in order to handle the increasing levels of complexity in security issues.
Future of NATO Operations in connection with Climate Change:
Dr. CHIU recommended to better align the planning requirements for operations (predominantly short-term) and resource management (predominantly long-term) and link the analytical data in order to optimise the use of assets and expensive resources. This included bringing planning processes of Allies together.
Conclusions:
Dr. CHIU concluded by arguing in favour of NATO becoming a facilitator of inter-disciplinary thinking and cross-cutting discussions that could help to change the mind-set and to raise the visibility of climate change security risks across a broad range of civil and military personnel.
Round Table on Climate Security Risks, March 21, 2012
NATO HQ, Brussels
http://www.e3g.org/docs/Summary_of_NATO_roundtable.pdf