Global Warming Effects on Alaska a 'National Security Problem,' Says Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry addressed attendees at the conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement, and Resilience (GLACIER) during the opening plenary session in Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday, calling the effects of global warming on Alaska a “national security problem.”

“The president believes this is one of the most important issues we face,” Kerry said. “It is a national security problem.”

“So we’re doing as much as we can to try to move people toward sustainable sources of energy and the president will talk about this very much while he’s up here in Alaska. Part of the reason for being here is to underscore this problem,” he said. Credit: YouTube/US State Department