ISIS, Al-Qaeda? Nah - Pentagon to fight climate change

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, speaks next to his Chilean counterpart, Jorge Burgos, at a Santiago news conference. (Mario Ruiz / European Pressphoto Agency)

By W.J. HENNIGAN, NEELA BANERJEEcontact the reporters

At a meeting that brings together many of the world's foremost military leaders, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to reveal how the ongoing effects of global climate change pose an urgent risk to national security and require extensive rethinking of many aspects of the U.S. military.

At a meeting that brings together many of the world's foremost military leaders, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to reveal how the ongoing effects of global climate change pose an urgent risk to national security and require extensive rethinking of many aspects of the U.S. military.

In coordination with his comments Monday here at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, the Pentagon is set to unveil a plan articulating how it will address the effects of climate change that threaten global security and its own operational readiness.

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