Carbon credit scheme mooted for mitigating disaster effects

Anuar (centre) with other committee members during a press conference after the Johor state assembly meeting in Iskandar Puteri.

THE state government has proposed a study on creating regulations to enable implementation of carbon credits or carbon transactions in Johor.

Climate Change and State Disaster Management Select Committee chairman Anuar Abd Manap said this was important because revenue from the tax would enable the state to get funds for disaster relief.