The carbon dioxide from burning forests whether in Amazon and South-east Asia are exacerbating climate woes globally. According to SMU Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow, a lead author for the upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, carbon dioxide is blind to borders - it has the same impact on the climate, no matter where it is emitted. He added, "Molecules of carbon dioxide don't care where they're from. Whether they are from the Amazonian fires, or the smoke stacks in Jurong, or the oil fields in Texas, they all trap heat on earth in the same way."