Millennial Iraq & Afghanistan Vets @ COP15

Military experts in the house tomorrow @ COP15:

Operation Free is a coalition of US military veterans (many of them Millennials who served in Iraq and Afghanistan) and national security organizations who are carrying the message that climate change poses a serious national security threat.

They are hosting a briefing tomorrow, during which they will discuss the connection between security and climate change, progress that's been made thus far, and the reaction they've had to their message thus far. You can watch it via live stream @ 12noon EST here.

In addition to a presence @ COP15 they have been very active spreading their message throughout the USA.




Here's a related side event scheduled for tomorrow @ Cafe A Porta eta 1792 in Copenhagen: “Delivering Climate Security: What the security community needs from a global climate regime.”

Organised by E3G in cooperation with Chatham House, Brookings Institute, and Institute for Environmental Security, the event is a panel presentation by military leaders from a developed as well as developing nation on the likely security impacts of climate change. The panelists will then discuss what the security community is already doing, or thinks needs to be done, in order to guarantee national and global security.