United against climate threats

Together as one: Johari (sixth from left) posing with fellow representatives during the 20th Conference of Parties to the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. — Bernama

LANGKAWI: Asean will take a stronger stance in global climate change discussions and ensure the relevance of implementing multilateral environmental agreements in the region, says Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

The acting Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister said environment ministers from Asean countries have endorsed the Asean Joint Statement on Climate Change to the 30th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (U CCC COP30).