Urgent need for plan to tackle climate emergency

LAST month, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, Malaysia would pledge to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% across the economy by 2030, and aspire to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

But achieving this target is subject to the Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) that will be finalised by the end of 2022. We cannot wait that long because the climate catastrophe is not going to wait.