CA Sri Lanka conference: Human beings responsible for destroying the planet By Jayampathy Jayasinghe View(s): View(s):The world faces the unprecedented and multiple crisis of climate change due to nature’s degradation and pollution where the hottest decade is recorded in history. He was delivering the keynote address in an online presentation at the 20th CAPA (Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants) Conference and the 42 National conference of Chartered Accountants (CA Sri Lanka) Conference held in Colombo this week. President of CA Sri Lanka Manil Jayesinghe said that CAPA and the 42nd National conference of the Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka has unveiled the biggest accounting regional assembles ever to be hosted in the country. It was unfortunate that COVID-19 prevented foreign delegates visiting Sri Lanka. In the past 30 years floods in Sri Lanka have affected 10 million people due to increased rain intensity and reduced forest cover.

Source: Sunday Times October 10, 2021 00:22 UTC