Many young Malaysians feel that climate change isn’t some distant crisis – it’s here, it’s personal, and it’s scary. — 123rf
THE rain didn’t stop for days. By early December 2024, swollen rivers had spilled into towns, submerging roads and forcing more than 148,000 people from their homes in seven states across Peninsular Malaysia.
When January 2025 rolled in, fresh waves of floods swept Sarawak and Sabah, sending tens of thousands more people into evacuation centres.
