The Bill was presented by State Secretary at the Ministry of Environmental Protection Jelena Tanaskovic who said that goal of this Bill was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and adapt to changed climatic conditions by adopting and implementing public policy documents. Also, another of the Bill’s goals is to establish a system to reduce GHG emissions in a cost-effective manner, thus contributing to reaching emission levels needed to avoid dangerous global climate change and adverse impacts of climate change. In order to achieve the goals of this Bill, it is necessary to adopt a low-carbon development strategy, an action plan for the implementation of the strategy and a program of adaptation to changed climate conditions.

Following the presentation, the Committee members decided to propose that the National Assembly accept the Bill, in principle.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Dr Ljubinko Rakonjac and attended by the following Committee members and deputy members: Olja Petrovic, Marko Mladenovic, Samira Cosovic, Tomislav Jankovic, Vesna Krisanov, Mina Kitanovic, Gojko Palalic, Nevenka Kostadinova, Jelena Obradovic, Dr Marko Bogdanovic, Aleksandar Jugovic, Zarko Bogatinovic and Dragan M. Markovic.