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The Chinese government sees climate change as far more than a risk on the horizon — it represents a direct threat to the ruling party and to the country’s national security, says international business and security consultant Andrew K.P. Leung.

With that in mind, it wasn’t a surprise that the Chinese government today announced its first official 2020 carbon emissions target, Leung said.

“In the West, when we refer to climate change, it is in the context of a looming … risk to the trees and for ourselves and our children’s children.

"For China, it’s a clear and present danger. It is threatening the stability of the communist party, so it has been elevated to the level of national security,” he told SolveClimate.

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In recent weeks, retired military leaders have been stumping for a renewable energy policy on the grounds of national security.

Case in point, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Ret.) Dennis McGinn, a member of the military advisory board of the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) is on a listening tour with former Republican Senator from Virginia John Warner to talk about energy dependence and national security.