气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): A “precariously unprepared” Pentagon? Climate security beliefs and decision-making in the U.S. military

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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102345
	A “precariously unprepared” Pentagon? Climate security beliefs and decision-making in the U.S. military
	Burnett M.; Mach K.J.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	70
英文摘要	Increasing evidence suggests that climate change poses direct and indirect threats to national and human security. However, the degree to which such knowledge of the risks informs decision-making remains poorly understood for key security communities, including the U.S. Department of Defense. Here, through document analysis and interviews with climate security researchers and practitioners from the U.S. military community, we evaluate perceptions about and the degree to which (i) these individuals believe climate change is a threat to U.S. national security interests, and (ii) the U.S. Department of Defense integrates climate security science into its decision-making. Our research suggests a complex answer. Public statements and reports indicate U.S. Department of Defense leadership considers climate change a security threat of strategic importance, and most researchers interviewed believe the U.S. Department of Defense prioritizes climate security as a near-term threat. However, evidence of climate security threats is only selectively integrated into planning and decision-making. Interviews suggest several barriers and enablers to evidence-based decision-making within the U.S. Department of Defense. Barriers include mixed beliefs in the near-term urgency of the threat, changing political environments, and insufficient co-production of actionable science across the levels of war, including issues of data collection, sharing, and analysis. Enablers include increased awareness after climate-related impacts, strong leadership support, and knowledge transfer and convening forums. Improved insight into the production and use of climate security knowledge is crucial for the task of safeguarding human and national security in a changing climate. © 2021 The Author(s)
关键词	Actionable knowledge Climate change Co-production Decision-making National security
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; decision making; leadership; national planning; national security; prioritization; security threat; United States
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/249594
作者单位	Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States; Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Burnett M.,Mach K.J.. A “precariously unprepared” Pentagon? Climate security beliefs and decision-making in the U.S. military[J],2021,70.
APA	Burnett M.,&Mach K.J..(2021).A “precariously unprepared” Pentagon? Climate security beliefs and decision-making in the U.S. military.Global Environmental Change,70.
MLA	Burnett M.,et al."A “precariously unprepared” Pentagon? Climate security beliefs and decision-making in the U.S. military".Global Environmental Change 70(2021).