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The move comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching a mass revolution against single-use plastic from October 2.
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 historic Paris agreement on climate change mitigation, adopted in December 2015, calls for limiting global average temperatures to well below 2 degrees Celsius.
The northern Indian states have been witnessing severe air pollution since last month, with the air quality even touched the 'emergency' mark.
The rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to human activities increases the acidity of the ocean, according to the researchers.
The Cabinet said that environmental degradation afftects the socially and economically disadvantaged more heavily than the better of sections of the society.
Known as the water tower of Asia, Tibetan plateau directly sustains over 150 million people and affects the lives of several billion downstream dwellers.
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.
Authorities warn that fires will spread quickly amid forecasts of hot temperatures and strong winds.
The black carbon concentration and absorbing aerosols over the Indo Gangetic plain has been increasing due to biomass burning and other activities.
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