Climate-related security impacts (sea-level rise, water scarcity, and temperature change, for instance) could be significant when they cause "a noticeable--even if temporary--degradation in one of the elements of national power.

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Climate-related security impacts (sea-level rise, water scarcity, and temperature change, for instance) could be significant when they cause "a noticeable--even if temporary--degradation in one of the elements of national power (geopolitical, military, economic, or social cohesion) because it indirectly influences the U.S. homeland, indirectly influences the United States through a major military ally or a major...