The military, reinsurance companies, municipalities, and scientists and plenty of other members of the American public agree: Climate change is an overarching, terribly dangerous threat to life as we know it.
Warming and extreme weather events have already been set in motion by past greenhouse gas emissions. But there is still a small window of opportunity to reduce present and future emissions enough to keep warming and resultant climate disruption below catastrophic levels. The know-how and expertise already exist to move to a sustainable society and economy. We do not need to wait for or put our faith in new technologies.
The Obama administration should make addressing climate change a top priority and provide firm--and vocal--leadership to help our nation surmount this challenge.