Good morning. Todays open hearing is the fourth in a series the committee is skukting to examine the intersection of Key National Security challenges and intelligence. In our prior hags we explored the rise of authoritiarianism, russian intelligence trade craft and chinas use of technology as a actual of oppression. This morning we will look at Climate Change which is the greatest longterm it National Security threat to the u. S. And affecting every dimension of National Life for decades and possibly centuries. In the unclassified 2019 worldwide threat assessment director of National Intelligence coates submitted this finding to Senate Counterparts on behalf of the the community. Quote Global Environmental and ecoology aldid he grey graduation and Climate Change are likely to fuel competition for resources economic distress and social discontent through 2019 and beyond. Climate hazards such as extreme weather, high temperatures, droughts, floods, wildfires, storms, Sea Level Rise owe s