Yet, in spite of the evidence at hand, climate change remains the toughest, most intractable political issue we, as a society, have ever faced. If this prediction seems a bit extreme, all we have to do is look at recent weather events that keep breaking records to confront the possibility that the threat from climate change may indeed be existential. “But,” as Wallace-Wells argues, “what lies between us and extinction is horrifying enough.” 1 That’s because, as climate change takes its toll on Earth’s physical planet, it will also cause social, economic, and political chaos as refugees flee areas that can no longer sustain them. The oceans will die, the air will get dirtier. Shortages of fresh water will affect humans and agriculture.
Whole countries like Bangladesh and parts of other countries like Miami will be underwater. Food shortages will become chronic as we fail to move agriculture from one climate to another. Whole parts of the globe will become too hot for human habitation and those left behind will die of heat. In “The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming,” David Wallace-Wells paints a frightening picture of the coming environmental apocalypse.
As the climate crisis becomes more serious and more obvious, Americans remain resistant to decisive and comprehensive action on climate change.
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