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According to excerpts provided to the media ahead of a commencement address President Obama will deliver today, he says the challenges of climate change are a matter of national security that "that threatens to aggravate poverty and political instability around the globe". The extracts come from a speech that Obama will give at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. "Make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country," Obama says, "And so we need to act and we need to act now." His prepared remarks said it was becoming increasingly obvious that "climate change will shape how every one of our services plan, operate, train, equip and protect their infrastructure." He also noted that "is not just a problem for countries on the coast or for certain regions of the world. Climate change impacts every country on the planet."https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_obama-commencement.jpg