Congressman Jason Crow: Climate Crisis is the Largest US National Security Threat

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Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) today was the sole Colorado official who spoke at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, CO. On a panel discussing emerging national security threats faced by the United States, among other issues, Crow pointed to climate crisis as the largest US national security threat.

"Climate change is both a threat magnifier, and a threat multiplier. I have often said that I believe that the climate crisis is the largest national security threat we face. That's not meant to discount the traditional threats by state and non-state actors, and technological threats. But if you look across the board as a magnifier and multiplier, the climate crisis is going to do that," said Crow on the panel.

"We need to get our arms around how this is changing our threats and how it will destabilize vast regions of the world -- I don't think we yet understand what we're looking at in the next ten or fifteen years and what we need to prepare ourselves for," Crow continued.

Full video here.

Crow, a decorated former Army Ranger who serves on the House Intelligence Committee and House Armed Services Committee, has been a congressional leader on the most pressing global issues since he's been in office. The recent House-passed defense spending bill included twenty-three Crow led provisions, including efforts to address climate change and resiliency.

This year's Aspen Security Forum was the largest public gathering of Biden national security officials since the beginning of the Administration.

The Aspen Security Forum, an annual three-and-a-half day conference in Aspen presented by the Aspen Strategy Group, has provided a non-partisan public venue for global leaders to discuss the key national security and foreign policy issues of the day for the past twelve years.

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