USA/Climate Change/Defense. Next Pentagon budget will detail climate change spending (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

Members of the National Guard drive through floodwater on Sept. 1, 2021, in Jean Lafitte, La. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The Pentagon’s fiscal year 2023 budget proposal will more clearly than in the past delineate how the U.S. military proposes to pay for climate change mitigation efforts, according to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.

The push comes after extreme weather, fueled by a warming of the earth’s atmosphere, has wreaked havoc on Americans across the country this summer. For the military, that means billions of dollars needed annually to maintain or repair installations, reduced training opportunities amid excessive heat and smoke and an increasing demand for forces to help civilian authorities recover from disaster, Hicks said.

Next Pentagon budget will detail climate change spending (defensenews.com)