This will be a strange post / paper. I will treat the U.S. Department of Defense NOT as the defender of our nation (and quite a few others), but as a huge enterprise. I know the military can be rather “distinct” as compared to other enterprises. This is mainly because of their unique focus on their main mission (see above), and the unique management elements and organization needed to accomplish this mission.
However, the military is also very focused on keeping their organization, supply chains, and infrastructure intact:
“The Department of Defense (DOD) has identified climate change as a critical national security issue and threat multiplier and top management challenge. Climate change will continue to amplify operational demands on the force, degrade installations and infrastructure, increase health risks to our service members, and could require modifications to existing and planned equipment. Extreme weather events are already costing the Department billions of dollars and are degrading mission capabilities. These effects and costs are likely to increase as climate change accelerates. Not adapting to climate change will be even more consequential with failure measured in terms of lost military capability, weakened alliances, enfeebled international stature, degraded infrastructure, and missed opportunities for technical innovation and economic growth.”
Since I’m treating DOD as a large corporation, I will use DOD documents, cherry-picking actions to mitigate climate change that are most applicable to large enterprises / corporations.