Ho’okele Mua II, a Wargame about Climate Change and Operational Risk in Indopacom

This report describes a wargame intended to aid U.S. Indo-Pacific Command operational planning by allowing players to explore the extent of operational risk that climate change could impose on the joint force in the Indo-Pacific region in the 2040s. The wargame revealed a need for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to understand climate change’s acute and chronic effects and the intersection of climate effects with operational demands in a contingency.