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The complex phenomenon of global climate change has been demonstrated to have a grave impact on human wellbeing when global economy, human safety and security on global scale become the points of covenant. The vast majority of climate change researchers are driven by preservation of human lives and environmental circumstances. Since atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration is constantly on the rise, its impact on food supplies, human safety, global economy, and health issues becomes the center of attention. Consequently, perception of climate change, perceived as the discernment of disaster, exacerbates human wellbeing in regard to health, economy, and security in a disproportionate scale. This analysis presents the perception of African American college students on the increasingly serious consequences of human involvement on catastrophic climate change impacting their wellbeing with respect to health, economy, security, and raising sea level. These findings reveal that climate change's desolation, from human influences is resulting in severe storms, tornados, droughts, distressing heat waves, polluted air, more unstable global economy and more global insecurity. In conclusion, this complex phenomenon, perceived as disaster, manifests itself as a barrier to the wellbeing of African American students when the issues of health, global security and global economic are at stake. Allocation of resources to raise the awareness of the public and involvement of world leaders and policy developers to fragility of our planet is in grave need. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]