Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier

... Risks, Secretary-General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security. Interviewed by Tatyana Kanunnikova. Can climate change be considered a security threat? If yes, why? Sherri Goodman Yes, it is a security threat. I coined the phrase ... ... climate change. And the reason we characterize it as a threat multiplier is that it exacerbates other security threats, such as terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, geopolitical risks. We know that a warming planet, rising sea levels, thawing permafrost ...