Climate Change: No Longer a Distant Threat

A just released report from the Center for Naval Analysis' Military Advisory Board makes clear that when it comes to climate change, "many threats are manifesting faster than anticipated and the risks are accelerating." The group of 16 retired Generals and Admirals from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps pulls no punches in sounding the alarm through specific recommendations for action, calling for the United States to take a global leadership role. In this episode of NOW, leading expert Geoff Dabelko, Director of Environmental Studies at Ohio University, speaks more about the threats identified and recommendations made in the report.

Guest
Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of environmental studies at Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. He joined the School in August 2012 and was previously director of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program. He remains a senior advisor to the Environmental Change and Security Program and is also an adjunct professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.