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The most important aspect of climate change is this: It is a threat to human society. That's still not how most people think about it, because of the way it has been coded as a boutique environmental issue, akin to wetlands preservation or protecting endangered species. But unchecked climate change will devastate human societies across the globe (in addition to wild animals and landscapes). So when President Trump's recently appointed EPA chief Scott Pruitt responds to a question about carbon dioxide by saying that he "would not agree that it's a primary contributor to the global warming that we see," he's not just being a science denier.