Look beyond hazy skies


THERE is no doubt that the haze is terrible and exacts a deadly toll on our health, well-being, economy and education. But the haze is merely a small symptom of the much bigger problem: the climate emergency.

Prompted by multiple failures to change the status quo over 25 years, we previously proposed that Malaysia take legal action against Indonesia in the International Court of Justice for a declaratory judgment of a legally binding commitment to prevent any future fires in Indonesia, using the symbolic figure of RM1.

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