On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM National Security Archive <[email protected]> wrote:
> State Department Said “Uneven Climate Exposure” Likely to Widen Gap > Between Northern and Southern Europeю Climate Change a “Compounding Factor” > in Darfur. Pentagon War Game Examined “Environmental Security Challenges” > and “Adversary Attempts to Exploit > Them" > > > > > > > *The Climate Security Threat: Pentagon War Games, European Political Risks > and Darfur Violence* > > <https://default.salsalabs.org/Tad0b62b8-b80e-429c-8788-cbc674776bde/12238b38-d371-4bc9-b2b2-ab5a3bdb144f> > *State Department Said “Uneven Climate Exposure” Likely to Widen Gap > Between Northern and Southern Europe* *Climate Change a “Compounding > Factor” in Darfur* *Pentagon War Game Examined “Environmental Security > Challenges” and “Adversary Attempts to Exploit Them"* > > *Washington, D.C., May 27, 2026* - State Department intelligence analysts > predicted widening political fissures in Europe and warned about the rise > of populist and radical political parties in response to climate action by > European governments, according to a Bureau of Intelligence and Research > (INR) assessment from 2021. The report is one of four newly released > records on the Biden administration’s climate policies that were obtained > under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and published today by the > National Security Archive. > > The reports shed light on how the intelligence community, the Pentagon, > and other U.S. agencies assessed climate-driven instability across Europe > and East Africa while attempting to develop a coordinated > “whole-of-government” approach to climate security. The documents also > reveal the extent to which the intelligence and defense communities rely on > predictive modeling, open-source and third-party climate analysis, and > interagency coordination to anticipate and prepare for future risks. > > The new revelations come as the Trump administration is pursuing an > aggressive campaign to remove government data and documents related to > climate change and other important issues from public access. > > The records offer some hints as to the intelligence community’s priorities > around the time that the National Intelligence Council published its > first National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on climate change, providing > previously unknown and undisclosed context about the Biden administration’s > climate security concerns and its coordination with its allies. > > This briefing book is part of a National Security Archive effort to > illuminate the record on the intelligence and defense approaches to climate > change and follows previous electronic briefing books on the intelligence > community’s environmental legacy and the ongoing overclassification of > a 2008 climate intelligence assessment.' > *https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/climate-change-transparency-project/2026-05-27/climate-security-threat-pentagon-war <https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/climate-change-transparency-project/2026-05-27/climate-security-threat-pentagon-war>* > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41853): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41853 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119516577/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
