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Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n

The most commonly mentioned environmental keywords that appeared in parliamentary questions included:
| Environment<\/strong> | Energy<\/strong> | Flood<\/strong> | Climate<\/strong> | Waste<\/strong> | Disaster<\/strong> | Pollution<\/strong> | Sustainability<\/strong> |
| Trash<\/strong> | Aquaculture<\/strong> | Public Transport<\/strong> | Logging<\/strong> |<\/p>\n

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Keywords<\/th>#No. of parliamentary questions
that contained the keyword<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
environment
energy
flood
climate
waste
disaster
pollution
sustainability
trash
aquaculture
public transport
logging
ecosystem
monsoon
conservation
haze
recycling
tigers
landslide
waste-to-energy
global warming
habitat
renewable energy
single-use plastic
carbon emission
landfills
solar energy
greenhouse gas emissions
green energy
drought
coastal reclamation
fossil fuel
paris agreement
air quality
sanitation
degazette
deforestation
biodiversity
desertification
extreme weather
water shortage
plastic bag
circular economy
storm
tornado
garbage
plastic straw
food insecurity
pesticide
chemical fertilizer
natural resources
sand mining
endangered species
overfishing
unreported and unregulated fishing<\/td>		742
489
350
292
166
113
111
79
71
61
60
40
21
40
27
26
25
17
18
10
14
12
10
12
9
8
7
7
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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Methodology<\/h3>\n\n
  1. We selected a list of 91 distinct keywords in Malay (and 80 corresponding keywords in English) that are linked to environmental topics relating to climate change, extreme weather, pollution, waste, ecosystem destruction, fossil fuels, deforestation, land use change, water and other environmental issues. See our full list of keywords here.<\/li>
  2. Parliamentary Questions: We scraped data from all the federal parliamentary question transcripts (Hansard documents<\/a>) between 2018 – Oct 2022 to identify which questions were raised by MPs in parliament related to environmental topics (based on our keyword list).<\/li>
  3. Public \/ Media Coverage: We searched media coverage of all federal MPs to identify public statements, commitments, reported actions, and positioning related to climate change and the environment. <\/li>
  4. By cross-checking and combining our findings, we have developed a comprehensive database to highlight if and how Malaysian federal MPs are talking about the environment. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n

    Disclaimers<\/h3>\n\n

    This study scraped parliamentary transcripts (Hansard questions asked by federal MPs) for Environmental Keywords from 2018-2022. It should be noted that mentioning environmental keywords alone does not necessarily indicate a pro-environmental stance.<\/em>

    Our deeper analysis is a work in progress, focused on examining specifically why and how MPs are talking about the environment. We may update with new data findings and ways of filtering & sharing the data.<\/em>

    (Have ideas about how we can further analyse the data? Let us know!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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