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At this years conference, developed countries are expected to push developing nations to further intensify their climate plans.

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the India Pavilion at the 27th Session of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27) Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday.

COP27 is scheduled from November 6 to 18.Welcoming delegates from all countries to India Pavilion, Yadav said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has provided a simple solution to the complex problem of climate change.

The air quality in Delhi continued to remain in the `severe` category on Saturday, for the third day in a row. Arvind Kejriwal along with Bhagwant Mann held a press conference and urged the central government to come forward and lead measures to check severe smog in the national capital region.

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As the Capital was engulfed in a thick layer of smog, the share of stubble-burning in Delhi’s PM 2.5 pollution jumped to 38 per cent on Thursday.

The average air quality in Punjab, where over 24,000 farm fires were reported this season, remained “moderate” in October even as Delhi witnessed “severe” pollution today and saw implementation of curbs under the final stage of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP-IV).

The air quality in Delhi continued to remain in the “very poor” category as the 24-hour Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 376. The situation was equally bad in other NCR cities with AQI of Noida slipping to 339 and that of Gurugram to 310. An AQI of more than 400 is considered “seve

Bhupender Yadav said that stubble burning has increased by 19% in Punjab, which is ruled by the Aam Aadmi Party.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav on Thursday expressed deep concern over the increasing Air Quality Index of the National Capital and said that due to the stubble burning in Punjab, the air quality of NCR has reached to severe category.