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Environment Conservation Levy Bill passed [1]

The Environmental Conservation Levy Bill, which provides for the government to charge an Environmental Conservation Levy, was passed in Parliament yesterday without a debate. The new Bill also proposes the setting up of a National Adaptation Fund, in keeping with a proposal made at the UN Global Climate Change Summit, held in Bali last December -- which called upon countries to adopt mechanisms to face the challenges of global warming

Publication Date: 
09/04/2008
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) [2]
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Environment [3], Climate Change [4], Emission Targets [5], Climate Mitigation [6], Legislation [7], Parliament [8]

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