COMMENT | Collective action for net-zero emissions Malaysia

COMMENT | Today is Zero Emissions Day. It is harrowing that the day before Zero Emissions Day, the Energy and Natural Resources Minister Takiyuddin Hassan declared the disastrous flash flood that occurred in Yan, Kedah last month as an “act of God”, ignoring the giant elephant in the room, climate change.

Following the devastating flood, politicians started bickering and pointing fingers. Then, the national conversation quickly switched to the antics of the newly minted Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob while visiting the flood-hit Yan.

As a nation, the general public including politicians skipped the conversation on climate change entirely.

The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports increased precipitation in Southeast Asia as one of the impacts of...