Key Report Takeaways: 

• Black carbon is a powerful climate pollutant which stems from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass
• Black carbon has unparalleled impacts on human well-being, the environment, and climate change  
• Black carbon has a short-term warming potential up to 1,500 times greater than carbon dioxide and is responsible for millions of premature deaths annually worldwide
• Black carbon emissions are highest in low- and middle-income countries with half of all emissions coming from just five countries

Drawdown’s Neighborhood, presented by Project Drawdown, is a series of short documentaries featuring the stories of climate solutions heroes, city by city across America. For its fifth edition, the series heads to the northeast in Drawdown’s Neighborhood: Tri-State – now available online!