Book/Printed Material A hotter and drier future ahead : an assessment of climate change in U.S. Central Command Assessment of climate change in U.S. Central Command

Title

• A hotter and drier future ahead : an assessment of climate change in U.S. Central Command

Other Title

• Assessment of climate change in U.S. Central Command

Summary

• Climate change is increasingly becoming a major disruptor of human and natural systems. In some areas, summer temperatures are quickly rising, droughts are deepening, and heat waves are lengthening and getting hotter. Such changes will place pressure on scarce water resources, threaten food security, disrupt fisheries, and result in direct health consequences, among other impacts. These effects can produce secondary and tertiary impacts on human systems that may destabilize societies, economies, or governments. However, these dynamics are highly complex and deeply uncertain, and the pathways from climate changes to societal disruptions that lead to conflict remain poorly understood and an area for continuing research. Still, decisionmakers must plan and act in the near term to reduce future climate-induced risks to physical and human systems. As a first step to characterizing these pathways, this report examines climate change and its impacts on the physical environment to inform operational and longer-term decisionmaking by the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), with an emphasis on impacts that are relevant to food and water security in 2035, 2050, and 2070. This is the first report in a series that presents investigations into the potential impacts of climate change on the security environment in the CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR). This report highlights locations that are projected to experience the biggest changes, as well as those that are most exposed to climate hazards.

Names

• Miro, Michelle E., author
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division
• United States. Central Command

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND National Defense Research Institute, [2023]

Contents

• Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: The Levant and Egypt -- Chapter Three: Central Gulf -- Chapter Four: Central and South Asia -- Chapter Five: Conclusions -- Appendix A: Supplemental Information on Methods -- Appendix B: Climate Hazards by Country.

Headings

• -  United States.--Central Command
• -  United States--Armed Forces--Environmental aspects
• -  Climatic changes--Government policy--United States
• -  Climatic changes--Social aspects--Risk assessment--Middle East
• -  Climatic changes--Social aspects--Risk assessment--Asia
• -  Water security--Risk assessment--Middle East--Forecasting
• -  Water security--Risk assessment--Asia--Forecasting
• -  Food security--Risk assessment--Middle East--Forecasting
• -  Food security--Risk assessment--Asia--Forecasting
• -  Central Asia
• -  Food Supply
• -  Global Climate Change
• -  Middle East
• -  Natural Hazards
• -  South Asia
• -  Water Supply
• -  climate change
• -  natural disasters
• -  Climatic changes
• -  Climatic extremes
• -  Food security
• -  Food supply
• -  Natural disasters
• -  Water security
• -  Water-supply
• -  Egypt

Notes

• -  Title from PDF document (title page; viewed November 30, 2023)
• -  "RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-50)
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (ix, 50 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• UA23

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739259

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739259

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• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739259

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