Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military. March 2007 Report

• Other Authors: FEDERATION OF UN ASSOCIATIONS WASHINGTON DC MILLENNIUM PROJECT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Military Forces and Organizations; Environmental Health and Safety; *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES); *ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL SECURITY; DETECTORS; MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN); AIR POLLUTION; THREATS; NETHERLANDS; WATER; ENERGY; CLIMATE; RESOURCES; CONFLICT; SOLAR RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MILITARY PLANNING; OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS; SHORTAGES; BOMBS; ARGENTINA; CHINA; NORTHEAST ASIA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ARCTIC REGIONS; CETACEA; BLACK SEA; OIL RESERVOIRS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; POLICIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; ENERGY USAGE; PROTECTED AREAS; MALACCA STRAITS; PORTABLE DISEASE DETECTION DEVICES; E WASTE MANAGEMENT; STEP(SOLVING THE E WASTE PROBLEM); CLUSTER BOMBS; POST KYOTO NEGOTIATIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; IEWP(INTERNATIONAL EARLY WARNING PROGRAM); CFL(COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS); CETACEAN SANCTUARIES; Arctic; Argentina; Climate change; International Polar Year
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA528342; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA528342

A strategic focus on just the U.S. and China is the most efficient use of environmental lobbying power, said Dr. Jessica Matthews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, at a recent session at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Environment and Security Program. The magnitude of changes necessary to affect the growth of greenhouse gas emissions will require the leadership of the top two emitters. Without them, she argued, the changes in other countries are of insufficient significance. China may pass the U.S. in annual CO2 emissions before the end of 2007. Prepared in cooperation with Batelle Columbus Operations, OH.