Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: The evidence for human-induced climate change is clear and undeniable. According to the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, climate change will fuel competition for resources, and cause economic distress and social discontent through 2019 and beyond. In 2016, the National Intelligence Council found that climate change and its resulting effects are likely to pose wide-ranging national security challenges for the United States and other countries over the next 20 years. .
The intelligence community, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, international organizations, and national security experts have all concluded that the impacts of climate change pose a significant risk to the national security of the United States. The impacts of climate change— threaten the national security infrastructure of the United States both domestically and abroad; negatively impact the readiness and operations of the Armed Forces; and contribute to the conditions that lead to subnational, national, regional, and global instability.
The intelligence community has previously analyzed, studied, and engaged in public-private partnerships to improve understanding about the effects of climate change on national security, however, such efforts were undertaken in a sporadic manner due to inconsistent policy commitment to such efforts. The United States needs to be fully prepared to respond to the threats to and harmful impacts on national security from climate change, but is not at the present time.