Redesign the role of EPU

MAKE no mistake, floods are not a singular act of God. According to climate scientists, severe floods, like other extreme weather events, are now increasingly the result of human-caused global warming.

And, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned us years ago, we can only expect natural disasters to be more frequent and deadlier with accelerating climate change. For Malaysia, this means dealing with recurring floods, landslides, droughts and the like on a grander scale.