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Government’s recent act shows nothing but fear of contempt of court charge 

kathmandu, february 24

More than a year after the Supreme Court issued a full text of its order asking the government to address the issues of climate change in the country and to formulate a separate act on climate change, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration yesterday wrote a letter to all the local levels across the country to implement programmes related to climate change issues as per the existing laws.

Environmentalists and stakeholders have, however, expressed doubt that the government move will bring any desired results as the government is yet to formulate the climate change act. They say that MoFAGA’s letter will create more confusion at the local level.

On 25 December 2018, the SC had ordered the government to formulate specific laws on climate change and urged the government and its bodies to work as per the existing environment and forest related acts and regulations until the new act was enforced.

But despite the apex court’s order, the government has not shown interest in formulating a separate act on climate change yet. After the government’s inaction on the SC’s order, advocate Padam Bahadur Shrestha, who had, earlier, filed a writ against the government and 15 other government bodies, filed a complaint at the SC’s Judgment Execution Directorate.

Following the complaint, the MoFAGA yesterday wrot

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