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"Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro just released “Climate Action 2030,” a 32-page report which identifies climate change as an “existential threat” to the U.S. Navy and the nation. In the report’s Foreword, Del Toro writes that climate is “the focal point” for his tenure as Navy Secretary, and notes that both President Biden and Defense Secretary Austin share that view.
The Navy Department, Del Toro writes, will be an
“environmental leader” that takes “bold climate action.” We have come a
long way since Alfred Thayer Mahan, the great sea power strategist and
historian, with the full support of Navy Secretary Benjamin Tracy,
steered our naval leaders to focus on sea command, strategic
chokepoints, and sea lines of communication in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. And we have come a long way since Navy Secretaries like
James Forrestal contributed to the geopolitical strategy of containment
in the late 1940s, and John Lehman and Jim Webb promoted a 600-ship navy
and maritime strategy for winning the Cold War. ... "
The Navy Department report establishes two performance goals: to “build climate resilience” and “reduce climate threat.” Del Toro’s stated goal is to have the Navy Department “reduce its greenhouse gas emissions,” “stabilize ecosystems,” and “achieve … net-zero emissions by 2050.” Compare that to the goal of our nation’s most threatening naval adversary — China’s PLA Navy — which is to become the world’s leading naval power by 2049. ... "