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Additional “How to Assist” Recommendations:
The IPCC’s Summary for Policymakers speaks to the
Caribbean and other island nations in their summary
comments on “adaptation issues and prospects,” stating “additional external resources and technologies
will enhance response.”76 Beyond those technologies
and funding sources already addressed, this paper
recommends:
• USSOUTHCOM request/coordinate for USACE to host an AOR-wide or Caribbean-specific “water and security conference” to further
refine identification of high-risk areas and highpayoff investments for security-related climate
change resilience. Expanding upon hosting a
conference, the GCC would benefit from the results of a scenario planning exercise that develops the complex evolving socio-environmental
security implications of climate change.77
• All DoD elements operating within a CCMD’s
AOR must work to achieve strategic communications integration and thus prevent messaging
“fratricide.” A specific measure of performance
is disciplined input of all Theater Security Cooperation, Security Assistance, Support to Others activities into the Global Theater Security
Cooperation Management Information System
(GTSCMIS) in accordance with the Joint Staff’s
annual suspense.78
• CCMD J4 Director integrates the Army and
Joint Engineer force enabling capabilities in
support of the HA/DR and “Partner Nation of
Choice” LOEs with the caveat that funding will
be through a variety of sources; e.g. Title 10, Ti-

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