News about climate change

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Securities Commission (SC) are leading the newly-formed joint committee on climate change (JC3) to spur the Malaysian financial sector towards a low-carbon economy.

  JOHOR BAHRU (Aug 13): Dead or dying rivers in the state require urgent action to ensure long-term water resources.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): The Water, Land, and Natural Resources Ministry has reportedly initiated a study to map untapped underground water sources, in order to prepare for future drought.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): Rare earths producer Lynas Corp says today that it is committed to relocating the first stage processing of its rare earth – where the material is separated from the low level, naturally occuring radioactive material (NORM) it is found with – to Australia over the next five years.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 16): The Malaysian chapter of the Climate Governance Initiative (CGI), a project hosted by the World Economic Forum, has been launched, marking the first country in Asia to do so.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): The government will no longer consider approval for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) on all Ramsar sites to ensure the sustainability of these wetlands, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): IOI Properties Group Bhd CEO Lee Yeow Seng and Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin registered their marriage today.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): The plan to retrofit 50 government buildings with energy-efficient lighting and appliances by this year is an exciting prospect for Cenergi SEA Sdn Bhd, the renewable energy company wholly owned by Khazanah Nasional Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Deputy Minister, Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis, told Parliament today that the country has 51 ailing rivers, reported Bernama today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): The Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change said radioactive residue from the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) in Gebeng, Pahang, must be removed from Malaysia.