Obama’s National Security Strategy Lists Climate Change Among ‘Top Strategic Risks’ To U.S.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new national security strategy, released Friday, puts a top priority on climate change, calling it “an urgent and growing threat.”

National security leaders have previously raised concerns about climate change. The Pentagon released a report last October on climate change, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has also highlighted climate change as a threat multiplier.

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