Last year saw 240 military deployments for this unexpected reason

Sherri Goodman, author of Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security and senior fellow at the Wilson Center, discusses how climate change increasingly burdens military forces worldwide. From wildfires in Greece to floods in the United States, she notes that militaries are being called on to respond to a growing number of climate-related disasters. Goodman underscores the importance of climate-informed decision-making while warning of cascading risks that could overwhelm infrastructure and emergency response systems.

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