‘Acknowledge that the climate crisis is a water crisis’

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has called for the setting up of a United Nations agency for water, saying that water is central to addressing issues related to climate change.

Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said the UN’s Water Action Agenda needs a framework that asserts water’s role as the pillar that connects social, environmental, economic and cultural outcomes.