Military leaders call for urgent action on climate

Madeleine Cuff
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Senior US military and national security experts demand "robust" strategy to tackle climate change, labelling it a major threat to US and international security

A bipartisan group of 25 senior military leaders and national security experts have described climate change as a "significant risk" to national security and issued a joint call for a "comprehensive policy"...

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