Does govt understand climate change, experts ask


Hailey Chung Wee Kye

An aerial view of Federal Highway from Kuala Lumpur to Klang, December 19. The government hasn’t taken the initiative to educate the public about climate change, or enact new laws to arrest it, Peka president Shariffa Sabrina Syed Akil says. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, December 22, 2021.

PUTRAJAYA is paying lip-service to climate change and isn’t showing any sign that it truly understands the impending crisis, an environmental group said in response to the severe flooding in many parts of the country over the weekend.

The Organisation for the Preservation of Natural Heritage Malaysia (Peka) said the government already had the climate change data it needed to make policy changes, but does not seem to be using it to plan for the future.


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  • Ahh one of ministries considered not important is the environment one that was given to pas know nothing politician. Thats how seriously the government views climate change.

    Posted 2 years ago by Alphonz Jayaraman