I agree with President Biden’s January 2021 declaration at the start of his presidency that we need, “to combat the climate crisis [by implementing] a Government-wide approach that reduces climate pollution in every sector of the economy.” This must include the Defense Department.
While both the FY23 NDAA and last year's Climate Adaptation Plan (DOD-CAP) contain necessary provisions for protecting our military from the effects of climate change, neither include any significant provisions for protecting the rest of us by either reducing DOD greenhouse gas emissions or redirecting defense resources and personnel towards combating the most dire consequences of global warming. I’m writing to ask you to push Congress to amend the FY23 NDAA to include reducing DOD fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions as urgent, essential steps.
The FY23 NDAA and the DOD-CAP must be amended to include significant Level 2 and Level 3 climate-defense provisions. Please make sure this happens. Thanks.
First sent on September 9, 2022 by Jess Craven
