No escape from climate change


BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): Brunei Darussalam is not exempt from climate crisis’ effects with an average temperature raise of 0.25 degrees Celsius per decade that may reach 4 deg C by the end of the century, as well as monthly rainfalls increasing 100mm per decade to 500mm by 2050.

The concerning trends that may threaten key economic areas in the sultanate were raised by Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II Dato Seri Setia Dr Awang Mohd Amin Liew Abdullah (pic) at the launch of the directive on the mandatory reporting on greenhouse gas at the Prime Minister’s Office building on Jalan Menteri Besar on Thursday (April 27).

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