David Wallace-Wells is an American journalist and author best known for his work on climate change. He is a deputy editor at New York magazine, where his 2017 article “The Uninhabitable Earth” became one of the most-read pieces in the publication’s history and was later expanded into a bestselling book of the same name. His reporting and commentary focus on the environmental, economic, and social impacts of global warming, and his work has been widely cited in discussions on climate policy and the urgent need for mitigation and adaptation strategies.