The United Nations
Around the world, people are preparing to choke their way through what is called 'the season of smog', when farmers burn their fields to make way for new crops.
This practice produces highly toxic black carbon and, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and degrades the land.
Black carbon is incredibly dangerous to human health and the planet; it is responsible for millions of premature deaths each year, and its impact on global warming is 460 to 1,500 times greater than carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change.
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