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> He wouldn’t address NATO on this topic because NATO is a defensive military alliance and most NATO members are well aware of climate change risks. The US mil
by PartiallyTyped 3y ago
> He wouldn’t address NATO on this topic because NATO is a defensive military alliance and most NATO members are well aware of climate change risks.
The US military labelled climate change as a natsecurity threat [1], unfortunately NATO is only concerned with other countries invading or waging a war against the member states and thus such problems can't be addressed even though they are directly related to national security.
[1] https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2707739/climate-change-has-national-security-implications-dod-official-says/ https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/27...
- ericmay 3y agoSure but as such there isn’t anything for President Biden to do here in terms of an address or speech which was the point. I also don’t think invasion of member states is the only thing NATO is concerned with. For instance, NATO allies are coordinating and providing direct military support to Ukraine which isn’t a member state.
- ChatGTP 3y agoUse you’re imagination I guess, we can’t do the same things and expect different results.
- ericmay 3y agoI don’t follow. What good would addressing NATO members who are trying to take action on climate change do when the problem for President Biden is a Congress (House in particular) that doesn’t even think that rapid climate change is a real thing, let alone a threat? For the US climate change policy completely falls at the feet of one group of people, and that’s Republicans. Period. End of story. No possible narrative otherwise exists.