U.S. National Security Strategy Cites Climate Change as Urgent Threat

摘要

Climate change is an "urgent and growing threat" to U.S. national security, the White House said in its report, National Security Strategy, with rising global temperatures expected to trigger more natural disasters and increased flows of climate "refugees." Among the strategies in the report for preparing the United States for those climate impacts is to strengthen the nation's energy security and increase "global access to reliable and affordable energy to bolster economic growth and development worldwide."