The climate issue is not a potential threat to U.S. any more. Pentagon: global warming will change how US military trains and goes to warMore and more phenomenon (most of them are natural disasters: rising sea level, droughts and heat waves) are indicating the military system have to take climate change into great consideration. For instance, the hotter temperature may cause a higher rate of troops’ infection diseases.

Global warming is changing the way the US trains for and goes to war – affecting war games, weapons systems, training exercises, and military installations

– according to the Pentagon.

The picture below showed Texas landscape in the aftermath of hurricane Ike.

To face the challenge and try to adapt to the worse natural environment, the military sectors are undertaking sweeping changes. A quite difference has been made in ways of operating and making day-to-day decisions. Such as war games and training exercises. They set 7,000 new sets because of the exposure in extreme weather events. Also, the melting permafrost forced land-based installations to shift. Some sudden heat and dust even cut outdoor training off. Besides, it is quite a great battle never been considered for the countries around the world to get the nature resources (deposited oil and gas) from the melting Artic.

As far as I am concerned, thinking about the consequences and impact before we make any decisions is necessary. It is our responsibility to make efforts to protect environment and solve conflicts in a peaceful way. Planning for future can help us to lower the risks and climate-related costs as well as make the world a better place with sustainability.