GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has made a name for itself internationally for the second year running after picking up the Asean Clean Tourist City Standard Award recently. State Housing, Local Government and Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the award was presented to him at an event […]

A recent report by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) evaluated economic projections against climate models and found a high magnitude of physical risks that 105 countries will experience in the next three decades. The study suggests that in order to address climate risks, both – adaptation measures and decarbonisation – is necessary. Today, at least 20 […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Half of those surveyed in Malaysia feel the federal government is not doing enough to address the issue of climate change despite it being a top concern for the country, a Singaporean think-tank’s study has revealed. In the State of Southeast Asia 2020 survey by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute released […]

JAKARTA • Two small islands in South Sumatra have disappeared as a result of rising sea levels driven by climate change, while four other islands are already on the brink of vanishing, the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has said. The province’s Betet Island and Gundul Island, which technically fell under the administration of […]

MANILA, Philippines — The unprecedented fire crisis that hit Australia—an example of the catastrophic impacts of climate change—should compel the Philippine government to scale up its climate action and phase out fossil fuels, environmental advocates said Friday. The massive bushfires raging across Australia have reportedly killed roughly a billion animals and have burnt roughly 10 […]

Environmentalists have urged against using incinerators as waste-to-energy power plants (PLTSa) to tackle garbage problem in cities across the country, saying that they would cause more environmental problems. Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) executive director Nur Hidayati said that such a method of burning trash could aggravate pollution as it releases harmful toxins into […]

SINGAPORE – Last year proved to be one of the hottest years on record in Singapore, with the annual mean temperature hitting 28.4 deg C. A mean temperature of 27.94 deg C from 2010 to 2019 also made it the hottest decade ever. In its 2019 review of Singapore’s weather and climate released on Thursday (Jan 16), the […]

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 15 — Water reserves at Penang’s two main dams are at an all-time low and people in the state are advised to reduce unnecessary usage. Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) chief executive officer Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa said today that the effective capacities in Air Itam Dam and Teluk Bahang Dam were at […]

“We live in a part of the world that will be hit incredibly hard by climate change. The disruptions to agriculture and food security will be enormous. People will simply not be able to live as they are, where they are” Thant Myint U, 2018 “Climate Change” and “Migrations” are two international growing issues discussed […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The next big challenge for palm oil growers is to go beyond curbing deforestation and look at how they can slash planet-warming emissions throughout their supply chains, the outgoing head of the industry’s watchdog said on Tuesday. The sector has come under scrutiny in recent years from green activists […]