When it comes to coral reefs, good news is pretty hard to come by. They are coming under increased stress from a variety of environmental factors with mass bleaching episodes becoming common from Malaysia to Australia. And then there is global warming, which, too, poses a clear and present danger…

If we are to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, the main drivers of environmental pollution and climate change, we will need to rely increasingly on sources of clean energy. Wind power is such a source, and an infinitely renewable one at that. By harnessing the power of winds, turbines can…

Hell and high water. That’s what awaits much of Malaysia by the end of the century – unless the country and the region at large fulfill their obligations to reduce their carbon emissions. So says Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, minister of Natural Resources and Environment. Specifically, the minister warns, a…

When it comes to the environment, good news is hard to come by. Hard but not impossible. Here’s a bit of great news: the ozone layer over Antarctica is on the mend. Back in the 1980s scientists and environmentalists the world over were becoming increasingly concerned over a large hole…

We’ve had a chance to curb climate change. But we’ve blown it. So say researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria, who have looked more closely at the pledges made by individual countries at last December’s climate conference in Paris to reduce their carbon emissions. Those…

Malaysia is among the world’s leading nations when it comes to reductions in greenhouse gases. If, that is, Prime Minister Najib Razak is correct … or to be believed. The country, he says, has achieved a 35% reduction in its greenhouse gases by the end of last year and is…

Some 50,000 leaders, lawmakers and politicians from around the world celebrated on Saturday December 12 as COP21 came to a close and a historic global agreement on climate change was reached.  The Paris Climate Agreement has officially been adopted, and the unanimous agreement on its goals and frameworks has settled…

Today, on Sunday November 29, millions of people are taking to the streets and banding together against climate change.  The event is called the Global Climate March, its purpose is to pressure governments to find solutions to perhaps the world’s biggest problem at the upcoming COP21 global climate change talks…

– Originally published on International Policy Digest by Clean Malaysia’s Editor in Chief Brandon Taylor – President Barack Obama has just packed his bags and embarked on a trip to Kuala Lumpur.  The reason for the trip is the third US-ASEAN Summit, and the meeting will have important implications for the environment…

Malaysia’s average temperature has increased by 0.7 degrees celcius since 1969.  This fact alone might not sound earthshattering, but it could be just that for a country at high risk for weather and temperature changes. Let’s break it down: Temperature changes in Malaysia are reflected by hotter days, longer droughts…