Climate Literacy Pulse Check Questionnaire

OMB CONTROL NUMBER: 0704-0553 OMB EXPIRATION DATE: 05/31/2025

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It is a Department of Defense (DoD) priority to ensure that support to the DoD mission takes climate considerations into account, especially how the adverse impacts of a changing climate complicate and impede DoD missions.

This is a short pulse check for personnel who provide different aspects of support to the warfighter – whether in OSD, defense agencies, the Joint Staff, combatant commands, and the Services – to understand how climate change affects their work.

We appreciate military and civilian members of your organization taking the time to answer a few questions - participation is entirely voluntary and feedback is anonymous. All data will be reported in the aggregate, and will be used to inform DoD education and training efforts. You can skip questions you choose not answer, and you can stop participating at any time.

Unit

• P&R

• Joint Staff

• Policy

• A&S

• Navy

• Air Force

• Army

• Marine Corps

• National Guard

• Space Force

• CAPE

• DLA

• Other (Specify; please do not include PII such as names in your response)

Career Field

Which of the following best describes your career field?

• Acquisition, Operations, Supply, Logistics, and Transportation

• Education, Training & Exercises, and Research

• Energy, Environment, Climate and Weather

• Engineering (including USACE)

• Financial Management and Administration

• Garrisons & Installations

• Legal

• Medical, Safety, and Public Health

• Sciences (Biological, Climate, Oceanography, Physical)

• Civil Affairs, Policy, or Strategy

• Program Management and Analysis

• Public Affairs

• Other (Specify; please do not include PII such as names in your response)

Job Category

• Civilian

• Military

If civilian:

• SES

• GS-13/14/15

• GS-12 and below

If military:

Officers

• GO/FO

• O-4/5/6

• O-3 and below

Warrant Officers

• W-1/2/3/4/5/6

Enlisted

• E-8/9

• E-5/6/7

• E-4 and below

1. Do you think climate change will affect execution of your work or your organization’s specific mission? Note: Climate change is defined as variations in average weather conditions that persist over multiple decades or longer that encompass increases and decreases in temperature, shifts in precipitation, and changing risk of certain types of severe weather events. (DoDD 4715.21, Joint Publication (JP) 1-02)

Near term, out to 2050

1. Not at all

2. Very little

3. A moderate amount

4. A lot

Far term, after 2050

1. Not at all

2. Very little

3. A moderate amount

4. A lot

2. Are you integrating climate change considerations into your regular responsibilities?

1. Not at all

2. Very little

3. A moderate amount

4. A lot

5. Not applicable

3. Do you feel you have the right amount of knowledge/information on climate change that you need to perform your job?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Unsure

4. Not applicable

4. Where do you go to find information on climate change?

   1. Internet (please specify websites)

   2. Educational materials, e.g. college textbooks

   3. Research reports, e.g. from non-profits, universities, or think tanks

   4. Other sources (please specify; do not include PII such as names in your response)

   5. Not applicable

5. What information on environmental and climate security would be useful to you or people who work with/for you? (Check as many as apply)

1. Basic information on climate science

2. Impacts on installations and infrastructure resilience

3. Impacts on equipment and readiness

4. Impacts and demand for military missions

5. Impacts on allies and partners and/or how allies and partners are acting on climate change

6. Impacts on competitors and/or how competitors are acting on climate change

7. Impacts on public health

8. Impacts on population migration

9. Impacts on resource scarcity, e.g., water, land

10. Greenhouse gas emissions and technologies to reduce emissions

11. Nature-based climate adaptation

12. Energy efficiency

13. Energy demand and logistics

14. Expectations about level of reporting required, e.g., Congress, Administration

15. Changes in contracting requirements to account for greenhouse gasses

16. Inclusion of climate change in financial accounting

17. Other (please specify; do not include PII such as names in your response)

18. Not applicable

6. Which timeframes of climate change impacts would be most helpful to inform your work? (more than one answer allowed)

1. Currently changing climate conditions

2. Less than 10 years

3. Between 10 and 50 years

4. More than 50 years

5. Unsure

6. Not applicable

7. How much education, training, or information on environmental and climate security as it relates to your job have you received while employed at DoD?

1. No education/training/information

2. Some education/training/information

3. Extensive education/training/information

8. Open-ended: As it relates to your answer above, please describe the kind of education, training, and/or information you have received, e.g., education courses, required trainings, exercises, seminars, briefings, optional trainings, work experience in planning and design for climate change. (Please do not include PII such as names in your response)

9. Open-ended: Anything else you’d like to share on climate change? (Please do not include PII such as names in your response)