KOTA KINABALU: Sabah remains carbon-negative, according to two state climate studies, the Sabah Legislative Assembly was told on Tuesday (April 28).
Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister, Datuk Ceasar Mandela Malakun, said the Sabah Climate Change Action Council completed two studies. He said they included a climate risk vulnerability assessment and the Sabah Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report 2024.
Mandela said the inventory was Malaysia’s first sub-national greenhouse gas inventory.
“These efforts have given the State Government, for the first time, a comprehensive understanding of emissions across economic sectors,” Mandela said when responding to a question by Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup (BN-Sook) on efforts to tackle climate change.
Mandela said the studies found Sabah’s forests, ecosystems and natural resources absorbed more carbon than state activities emitted. He said the findings supported the Sabah Climate Change and Carbon Governance Enactment 2025.
“Sabah is now moving to establish the Sabah Climate Registry and Inventory Centre (SaCRIC) to oversee enforcement and regulate carbon-related activities,” he said.
He said the council also worked with federal agencies on mitigation and adaptation plans under Malaysia’s UNFCCC and Paris Agreement commitments.
