State College talk to focus on climate change risk to national security

STATE COLLEGE — “Climate Change: A Threat to National Security,” will be the topic of a talk given by David Titley at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, in Room 337 of the State College Borough Building, 243 S. Allen St.

The event is free and open to the public.

Titley will explain the military’s concerns that climate change is multiplying the threats to American security. Discussion will follow the lecture.

A professor of meteorology at Penn State University, Titley is founding director of the PSU Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk. He was chief operating officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 2012 to 2013, and before that, he was a rear admiral and chief oceanographer for the U.S. Navy, where he served for 32 years. He initiated the Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change. 

Titley is a member of the national Citizens’ Climate Lobby Advisory Board. His talk is sponsored by the State College Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby and hosted by the New Leaf Initiative.