Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite

The Climate Pandemic: How Climate Disruption Threatens Human Survival is an environmental non-fiction book by Dennis Meredith that details the peril planet Earth faces at the hands of the most destructive animals in the history of the world: us. Eschewing what they call bland generalized words such as 'global warming' and 'climate change', Meredith pinpoints specific issues, how we created them, whether or not they can be slowed or repaired, how to do it, and why we aren't. The biggest reason why we are not is overwhelmingly economic, and therefore political. What is most painful about these reasons is that there is ironclad, irrefutable scientific evidence that denialists, or 'de-nihilists' as Meredith calls them, either wilfully ignore or ignorantly contradict. Human survival is threatened and yet, here we are, watching sea levels rise, temperatures rise, extreme weather, agriculture failures, and scarcity of water.

I have a sister-in-law who has never pumped a single gallon of gas in her entire life. Can you imagine that? This is a generation where it is possible that gas stations will be shut down because they are obsolete. And yet, for all of the laziness, complacency, and entitlement that we attribute to Millennials and Generation Z, they aren't the ones who have messed everything up. The Climate Pandemic by Dennis Meredith is eye-opening in how comprehensive it is, and scary in the way it reveals how long we have known what would occur; not could, but what would occur, and still we cracked on. From a social standpoint, I was most surprised by corporate 'greenwashing' which, my apologies, I had never heard of before. Environmental initiatives are all smoke and mirrors but people buy into them because it makes them feel good, and makes companies look good. Meanwhile, entire cities have to pay for water not because the water bottle looks cute tucked in with their yoga mat, but because there is no water left for them to survive on. It's going to take some time for me to absorb all I have learned from this book. I sincerely hope it gets into the hands and hearts of those who control these factors on a macro level. Very highly recommended.