The Climate Security Chronology lists significant policy documents, reports and events by year. For a more extensive list of relevant research and analysis see the Climate Security Research Hub.

2022

• Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Statement for the Record – Worldwide Threat Assessment, Scott Berrier, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Climate Action 2030, U.S. Department of the Navy
• Meeting the Climate Challenge. U.S. Department of Defense Budget Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller)
• United States Army Climate Strategy. Department of the Army, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment. Washington, DC. February 2022

2021

• The UN Security Council and Climate Change, Security Council Report
• NATO Climate and Security Action Plan, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Regional Consultation for the South Caucasus – Azerbaijan and Georgia: Co-operation opportunities for addressing the security implications of climate change,” OSCE and adelphi
• Fact Sheet: Prioritizing Climate in Foreign Policy and National Security, The White House
• Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, The White House
• Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, The White House
• National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) – Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040, National Intelligence Council
• Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• DHS Strategic Framework for Addressing Climate Change, Department of Homeland Security,
• Highlights and Examples – Department of Defense Climate Adaptation Plan, US Department of Defense
• Department of Defense Climate Risk Analysis, US Department of Defense
• Department of Defense Climate Adaptation Plan, US Department of Defense
• DOD Installation Exposure to Climate Change at Home and Abroad, US Department of Defense
• DOD Climate Assessment Tool, US Department of Defense
• DoD Installation Exposure to Climate Change at Home and Abroad, US Department of Defense
• US Army: Addressing Climate Change Threats, US Department of the Army

2020

• Climate Change and Defence Roadmap. European Union External Action Service
• Fiscal Year 2021: Top DoD Management Challenges, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense
• Army Climate Resilience Handbook, US Army Corps of Engineers
• Climate Change and the National Defense Authorization Act (FY18-FY20), The Center for Climate and Security

2019

• Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Council
• The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America, National Intelligence Council
• Report on Effects of a Changing Climate to the Department of Defense. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
• Climate Change: Activities of Selected Agencies to Address Potential Impact on Global Migration. Government Accountability Office

2018

• Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol 2, U.S. Global Change Research Program
• The Intersection of Global Fragility and Climate Risks, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• The Impact of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on Department of Defense Installations on Atolls in the Pacific Ocean (RC-2334). Report to the U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Published Feb 2018.
• Climate-Related Risk to DoD Infrastructure Initial Vulnerability Assessment Survey (SLVAS) Report, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, U.S. Department of Defense
• Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Council
• National Security: Long-Range Emerging Threats Facing the United States As Identified by Federal Agencies. Government Accountability Office

2017

• UN Security Council: Arria Meeting, Preparing for the security implications of rising temperatures
• The U.S. 2018 National Defense Authorization Act
• Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Council
• UN Security Council: Resolution 2349
• Croatia Security Intelligence Agency: 2017 Security Intelligence Report

2016

• U.S. Presidential Memorandum — Climate Change and National Security
• U.S. National Intelligence Council: Implications for US National Security of Anticipated Climate Change
• U.S. Department of Defense DoD Directive 4715.21: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience.
• Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Council

2015

• U.S. DoD: Report to Congress on Geographic Combatant Command responses to climate risks (PDF)
• UN Security Council Arria Formula Meeting on Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier to Global Security (Documents)
• U.S. National Security Strategy (PDF)
• G7, A New Climate for Peace: Taking Action on Climate and Fragility Risks report (PDF)

2014

• U.S. DoD, Quadrennial Defense Review (PDF)
• U.K. MOD, Global Strategic Trends out to 2045 (PDF)
• U.S. DoD Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap (PDF)
• U.S. Navy Arctic Roadmap 2014-2030 (PDF)
• IPCC 5th Assessment Report, Human Security Chapter (PDF)
• U.S. Dept. of State, Policy Directive from the Secretary of State (announcement)
• U.S. DHS, Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (PDF)
• U.S. National Intelligence Strategy (PDF)
• CNA Military Advisory Board Report (PDF)

2013

• National Academies of Science Report, “Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis” (PDF)
• U.S. DoD, National Strategy for the Arctic Region (PDF)
• U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Strategy (PDF)
• U.S. NIC Natural Resources in 2020, 2030, and 2040: Implications for the United States (PDF)
• NRC Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises (PDF)
• Council of the EU, Council conclusions on EU Climate Diplomacy (PDF)
• European Commission, Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council: The EU’s comprehensive approach to external conflict and crises (PDF)
• Australia, National Security Strategy (PDF)
• UN Security Council Arria Formula Meeting on Security Implications on Climate Change (Press Release)

2012

• U.S. ODNI Global Water Security Report (PDF)
• U.S. DoD Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap (PDF)
• U.S. DHS Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap (PDF)
• U.S. NIC Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds (PDF)
• Harvard: Climate Extremes: Recent Trends With Implications for National Security (PDF)
• NAS Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis (PDF)
• European Parliament, Resolution on the role of the Common Security and Defence Policy in case of climate-driven crises and natural disaster. (Resolution)
• UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (PDF)

2011

• UN Security Council Presidential Statement 6587th (PDF)
• Defense Science Board Report, “Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security” (PDF)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Incorporating Sea Level Change Considerations in Civil Works Programs, (PDF)
• U.S. FEMA, Strategic Foresight Initiative, Climate Change (PDF)
• U.S. DNI Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community (PDF)
• Council of the EU, Council conclusions on EU Climate Diplomacy (PDF)

2010

• U.S. DoD, Quadrennial Defense Review (PDF)
• U.S. National Security Strategy (PDF)
• U.K. Strategic Defence and Security Review (PDF)
• U.S. Navy, Task Force Climate Change, Climate Change Road Map (PDF)
• U.S. DHS, Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report (PDF)
• U.S. DNI Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community (PDF)
• CSCAP Study Group on the Implications of Climate Change, Memo 15, “The Security Implications of Climate Change” (PDF)
• OSCE, Shifting Bases, Shifting Perils: A Scoping Study on Security Implications of Climate Change in the OSCE Region and Beyond (PDF)
• Progress Report of the US Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force (PDF)
• NATO SPS Workshop on Climate Change (overview/details)

2009

• Establishment of the U.S. Navy Task Force Climate Change
• UN General Assembly (climate security) resolution
• U.S. National Intelligence Strategy (PDF)
• U.S. DNI Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community (PDF)
• UN Secretary-General’s Report Climate change and its possible security implications (A/64/350) (PDF)
• U.S. Navy Arctic Roadmap (PDF)
• Council of EU, Council conclusions on climate change and security (PDF)

2008

• National Intelligence Assessment on the National Security Implications of Global Climate Change to 2030 (PDF)
• Paper from the High Representative and the European Commission to the European Council on Climate Change and International Security (PDF)
• U.S. National Defense Strategy (PDF)
• U.S. NIC Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World (PDF)
• U.K. The National Security Strategy of the United Kingdom: Security in an interdependent world (PDF)
• European Commission: The European Union and the Arctic Region (PDF)
• EU High Representative and European Commission to the European Council: Climate change and international security, Joint Paper to the European Council (PDF)
• EU High Representative and European Council: Review on the Implementation of the European Security Strategy: Providing Security in a Changing World (PDF)
• EU High Representative: Climate Change and Security: Follow-up recommendations by EUHR Solana (PDF)
• The Joint Operating Environment, Trends and Challenges for the Future Joint Force Through 2030: United States Joint Forces Command

2007

• UN Security Council Debate on Climate, Peace and Security (press release)
• CNA Military Advisory Board Report: National Security and the Threat of Climate Change (PDF)
• Council of the EU: Presidency Conclusions (PDF)
• Council on Foreign Relations, Climate Change and National Security (PDF)
• German Advisory Council on Global Change: World in Transition. Climate Change as a Security Risk (PDF)
• FOI Swedish Defense Research Agency, The Geopolitics of Climate Change: Changes to the International System (PDF)
• A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Sea Power: Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard

2003

• DoD Office of Net Assessment, “An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security” (PDF)
• EU European Security Strategy: A Secure Europe in a Better World (PDF)
• Weather Operations in the Transformation Era. John M. Lanicci, Air War College Maxwell Paper No. 29 (Maxwell AFB: Air University Press 2003)
• Global Warming Could Have a Chilling Effect on the Military. National Defense University

2002

• German Ministry for the Environment: Climate Change and Conflict (PDF)

1990

• Global Climate Change Implications for the United States: U.S. Navy War College