Humanity's greatest weakness is its inherent selfishness. As a consequence of the competitive nature that lead us to dominate the natural world, we have become nearsighted and apathetic. Despite our success, we have yet to evolve to take action for change beyond our personal experience. There has been no greater example of this than global warming. Global warming is undoubtedly the greatest threat to the survival of the human race and the millions of other inhabitants of Earth. Despite this, humanity has failed to adequately prepare for the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions, for which there will be irreversible consequences. There are several factors that contributed to this, including political misinformation and public ignorance, but most importantly the human inability to see past our own lifetime. Because of this, it is imperative that we educate masses about the suffering their descendents will face as a consequence of their actions, and what they can do to prevent this distant calamity. Over the years, there have been many erroneous arguments propagated by politicians and fossil fuel lobbyists denying the negative effects of global warming. According to Dr. Julia Rosen, Ph.D Geology and writer in the New York Times, “A lot of [disinformation] came from coordinated messaging campaigns by companies and politicians that opposed climate action. Many pushed the narrative that scientists still hadn’t made up their minds about climate change, even though that was misleading”. This illustrates a phenomenon that has made a significant negative contribution to the impact of global warming. Politicians paid by fossil fuel companies spread rampant disinformation by criticising scientists inability to come to a single consensus on climate change. However, this claim was made in response to 97% agreement in the scientific community that climate change was caused primarily by humans, but in a large-scale scientific survey, 97% is a certain indication of the general consensus. It seems clear that this lunatic rebuttal of climate change is just a manipulative tactic to undermine scientific research in the eyes of the public. The motivation for such actions by politicians have been generally attributed to influence from fossil fuel lobbies, although these claims are difficult to prove. In any case, such political discourse and dismissal of scientific evidence has significantly delayed actions to prevent the catastrophic effects of climate change. At this point, the only hope is to consider the future consequences of global warming and look for possible solutions. There are countless negative effects of climate change that scientists predict will occur in the 21st century. As core temperatures rise, melting Arctic glaciers cause water levels to rise. This, coupled with higher temperature, will cause an increase in dramatic weather events such as floods, hurricanes and tsunamis. Inland, the temperatures will cause severe droughts and blight, leading to crop failures and potentially worldwide famine. Additionally, greenhouse gases causing deterioration of the ozone layer and reflecting light beams will cause an increase in cancer causing UV radiation, and the effects of air pollution will be magnified. According to Dr. Rosen, “warmer weather is aiding the spread of infectious diseases and the vectors that transmit them, like ticks and mosquitoes. Research has also identified troubling correlations between rising temperatures and increased interpersonal violence, and climate change is widely recognized as a “threat multiplier” that increases the odds of larger conflicts within and between countries”. This statement provides valuable insight into the more subtle effects of climate change. Over the last few decades, tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease have become much more common. In the future, global warming will lead to less sanitary environments and provide a breeding ground for novel diseases such as Covid-19, whose prevalence could also be partially due to global warming. Additionally, heat can have a variety of effects on personality. Because of this, it's possible we will see an increase in physical violence and international conflict as a result of the emotional effects of temperature changes. These seemingly unrelated issues stress the importance of finding a solution to global warming, because the long term effects are unpredictable and dangerous. Finding a solution for global warming is a worldwide issue that scientists have been working on for decades. It seems that the best solution is in prevention, but preventing it seems to be a direct contradiction to human nature. Dr. Rosen states, “One recent analysis found that reaching net-zero by 2050 would cost the U.S. almost twice as much if we waited until 2030 instead of acting now. But even if we miss the Paris target, the economics still make a strong case for climate action, because every additional degree of warming will cost us more — in dollars, and in lives”. According to Dr. Rosen, the more we wait, the greater the financial and physical fallout will be. So why are governments and communities so inactive confronting these issues? Maybe evolution has not provided us the capacity for connecting emotionally with things that will not happen for many years. If we could see the pain in our futures, surely we would change our ways. Maybe we evolved too quickly, that the power of technology exceeded our ability to control it. One can only speculate the reason, but the reality doesn’t change; it is imperative that global warming prevention and education be enforced on a large scale. Households should be limited to an annual energy consumption to prevent unnecessary emissions. Schools should have a mandatory global warming awareness and prevention class, so that children are prepared for a workforce largely dedicated to fossil fuel reduction. Large scale public protests should be held to pressure politicians into passing bills for climate protection. All of this and more should be happening, but somehow we fail to act. It remains to be seen if we will have the courage to rise up and demand change or if it will be too late. It’s unclear what the future holds, but the current situation is troubling. The heart of the problem is that as a community, we fail to see that we are causing an era of suffering that will last for centuries. In our hubris, we think to ourselves that global warming will not affect us. We dismiss it as a problem for future generations, just like our parents did. But the truth is that our children will face the consequences of our actions, and their children after them. We can’t feel the pain of our descendents, but for the sake of our humanity, we cannot bestow onto them a shattered world. An environment where they must fight for their lives because we chose to consume without question. We all, as people of Earth, must come together and fight for what we know to be just. We must fight for our children, for the miracle of life, and for our future on this planet.