World must fight climate change, not each other, says Dr Mahathir

Chan Kok Leong Chan Kok Leong Updated 6 years ago · Published on 28 Sep 2019 9:23AM · 2 Comments

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged all countries to invest in fighting climate change instead of developing weapons to kill each other with. – AFP pic, September 28, 2019.

THE world should prepare for climate change and the accompanying natural disasters instead of wars, said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

“We, the human creatures, are clever. We can still survive the next cycle if we set our researchers to come up with defences against catastrophes. 

“If we reduce our budget for killing people, we will have the funds for research and preparation,” said the prime minister during his address at the 74th United Nations Assembly in New York today.

The 94-year-old said the world is experiencing climate change where Malaysia is getting hotter than ever before.

“It does not seem to return to previous temperatures. In fact, it seems to be getting hotter. 

“I think, instead of preparing for war, we should be paying attention to climate change and the accompanying natural disasters.

“We should be preparing to combat climate change, to bring back the normal environment we had been used to over the last thousands of years,” he said.

He said it was a waste of money to prepare for wars by inventing even more destructive weapons.

“(More so) when all of us may be wiped out by natural disasters as the planet goes through its next cycle,” said Dr Mahathir. – September 28, 2019.

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  • Hollow words from someone who has shown scant regard for the environment in his own backyard. He should be regarded as nothing less than a clown in the international circus of useless politicians.

    Posted 6 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • Charity begins at home. What is Malaysia doing to fight climate change? How do massive sea reclamation projects in Penang and other parts of Malaysia help in fighting climate change? How does massive clearing of forests to grow money (in the form of durian trees, oil palm, etc) help to fight climate change?

    Posted 6 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply