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en by Cuba will be an influencer to other Caribbean
nations.
Conclusion
Within recent guidance documents including the
2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, DoD addresses the Department’s measures to review Geographic
Combatant Command Theater Campaign Plans to
address the security implications of climate change
within their area of operations. Beyond attention to
the more objective expected risks to U.S. owned or utilized infrastructure and the assessed increased risks to
the scale of potential humanitarian assistance / disaster relief mission, GCCs can utilize this emerging issue
as a point of dialogue and cooperation with partner or
prospective partner nations as part of the U.S. Government’s mutually supporting 3D portfolios. These
efforts to reduce destabilizing impacts of projected
climate change will support long-term HA/DR readiness as well as aid the U.S.’s efforts to be the Partner of
Choice on the global stage. While each GCC’s strategic
environment and the nations within their AOR have
different risks and current approaches with respect
to climate change, review of SOUTHCOM as a “casestudy” shows the cross-cutting nature of the stability
and security threats and opportunities emerging from
the phenomenon of climate change.
Endnotes
1. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, USA, “From the Chairman: The
Posture Paradigm,” Joint Force Quarterly 76 (December 30, 2014),
http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/NewsArticleView/tabid/7849/
Article/12354/jfq-76-from-the-chairman-the-posture-paradigm.aspx
(accessed February 9, 2015).

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