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Malaysia needs both Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan
The effects of climate change are causing significant economic losses for Malaysia, undermining infrastructure and development efforts and impacting livelihoods. A National Adaptation Plan alone is insufficient. Malaysia needs both a Mitigation and Adaptation Plan against climate change.
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NGOs urge all state governments to follow Selangor’s example and stop plastic waste imports
Selangor’s Exco for State Tourism and Environment, YB Hee Loy Sian announced on 19 May 2022 five new policies in regard to the operation of plastic waste recycling factories in…
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5 things you need know about the new IPCC WG2 report
The world’s leading climate scientists just released their latest massive assessment on the impacts of climate change and how and to what extent those impacts can be adapted to.
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Plastic Free July for a #BetterNormal
The way we buy things has changed with the pandemic, and with it the increase of throwaway plastic. Find out why these two are connected.
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Plastic Free July: 5 tips to save money and our environment!
Think outside the box on ways we can save money and reduce plastic waste at the same time.
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Maybank committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, a decade later than the world needs.
Maybank is the second bank in Malaysia to no longer finance new coal activities, even though they have not been as ambitious as their rival, CIMB, which last year committed to phase out coal from its portfolio by 2040.
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The biggest little whales.
When we talk about whales, a lot of the words that come to mind describe how big they are: ‘enormous’, ‘huge’, ‘giant’, ‘largest-ever’, ‘leviathans’. We measure them by double-decker bus,…
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CIMB exits coal finance. All eyes turn to Maybank and RHB
Environmental groups welcomed an announcement from Malaysia’s CIMBs coal sector guide, a first in Southeast Asia and heaps pressure on other banks in the region to follow suit.
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Covid-19 stimulus is a key chance to invest in power sector and create solar jobs
Weak policy support for renewable energy blocks energy development in Malaysia and disincentivises foreign investment in Malaysia’s energy sector, despite Malaysia having perhaps the highest technical capability in the region, a Southeast Asia power sector scorecard report from Greenpeace Southeast Asia shows.
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Southeast Asia Power Sector Scorecard
How Southeast Asia meets growing energy demand is a crucial challenge in the fight against climate change. Yet while countries around the world have made huge strides towards renewable energy solutions, new fossil fuel power plants that have no place in 2020 or beyond are still being built.