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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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The Health and Economic Impacts of Ambient Air Quality in Malaysia
Air pollution is the fourth leading risk factor of premature death globally and the greatest environmental threat to human health.
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The State of Air Quality in Malaysia
A new study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Greenpeace Malaysia found that an estimated 32,000 avoidable deaths occur in Malaysia every year because of air pollution.
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Art Attack Against a Hazy and Forgotten Threat
Another haze season will add fuel to fire in Malaysia’s recovery from Covid-19
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SUHAKAM Roundtable Discussion (RTD) on the Right to Clean Air
The prolonged impacts of haze pollution experienced especially over the last two decades have become a serious concern in the face of this devastating phenomenon that has affected the well-being of Malaysians and the economy.
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Human Rights and Haze FAQ
Why are green groups filing a complaint about haze to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM)? Find out more.
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Civil society groups file landmark complaint to SUHAKAM for public inquiry into haze pollution as a human rights violation.
Ahead of the International Human Rights Day on 10th of December, a broad alliance of civil society organisations files a pioneering complaint at the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) as a proactive countermeasure to address the chronic and persistent haze pollution.
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Satellite images reveal global air pollution rebound 1 year after first Covid-19 lockdowns
Levels of toxic NO2 air pollution have rebounded in cities around the world one year after initial Covid-19 lockdowns went into effect.
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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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An area eight times the size of Bali has burned in Indonesia in the last five years, new Greenpeace report shows
Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s new report ‘Burning Issues: Five Years of Fire’ reveals that 4.4 million hectares of land in Indonesia – an area 8 times the size of Bali – have burned between 2015-2019.