Coats and the other officials said many things: North Korea is unlikely to halt its nuclear weapons program; “ISIS still commands thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria, and it maintains eight branches, more than a dozen networks, and thousands of dispersed supporters around the world”; “Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activities we judge necessary to produce a nuclear device”; Russia will continue “hack-and-leak operations” and disinformation campaigns to “influence US policy, actions, and elections”; and climate change will pose an increasing threat as “extreme weather, higher temperatures, droughts, floods, wildfires, storms, sea level rise, soil degradation, and acidifying oceans are intensifying, threatening infrastructure, health, and water and food security.”