Put people back at the heart of climate action

THE British colonial administrators who stood at the tin mines of Perak and rubber plantations of Selangor a century ago could never have imagined that their exploitation would echo through generations. They took our resources, shaping our economies to serve distant markets.

Today, with Malaysia as Chair of Asean, we face a new exploitation, one dressed in climate language but threatening to sideline our people’s needs and future once again.