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The issue was raised before a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra conducting the hearing on matter associated with pollution.
A study commissioned by the Mahatma Gandhi University's School of Environmental Sciences (SES) shows that the air pollution levels collected during the course of a day regularly cross permissible limits in Kerala.
It said that since 1990, there was an increase of 43 per cent in the warming effect on the climate of longlived greenhouse gases.
The northern Indian states have been witnessing severe air pollution since last month, with the air quality even touched the 'emergency' mark.
The photos surfaced at a time when Delhi and its adjoining NCR region is grappling with unprecedented PM 2.5 levels.
The Cabinet said that environmental degradation afftects the socially and economically disadvantaged more heavily than the better of sections of the society.
The study found that adding plants and trees to the landscapes near factories and other pollution sources could reduce air pollution by an average of 27 per cent.
The black carbon concentration and absorbing aerosols over the Indo Gangetic plain has been increasing due to biomass burning and other activities.
Climatic suitability for the Vibrio bacteria that cause cholera is rising three per cent a year in India since the early 1980s, said the report.
India will look to engage in negotiations with a constructive and positive outlook and work towards protecting its long-term development interests.
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