Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin today announced the upcoming version of the National Defense Strategy will include a review of the U.S. military's posture on climate change, a significant departure from the Trump administration, which omitted the issue from the 2018 strategy currently in place. Austin, in a statement, pledged to "include climate considerations as an essential element of our national security and to assess the impacts of climate change on our security strategies, operations, and infrastructure." His stated commitment follows...
