Congress Mulls DOD Climate ‘Roadmap’ Amid Biden’s Security Focus

House and Senate negotiators are debating whether the Pentagon should update its “roadmap” for assessing, and responding to, climate change effects, as the incoming Biden administration’s initial personnel announcements are stressing the connection between national security and combating climate change. Leaders of the House and Senate armed services committees are negotiating differences in each chamber’s version of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including whether to adopt a House-passed plan requiring the secretary of Defense to update...