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Of COVID-19, Oil Price Crash, and Climate Change
By Meor MH Meor Hashim The arrival of the new decade has presented itself in a daunting way and 2020 has been nothing but tragedies. The coronavirus pandemic has swept across the globe and infected millions with hundreds of thousands of mortalities. Oil price crashed...
read moreMYD Policy Series 3: The Need for a Green Economic Recovery
Authors: Abdul Rahim Ismail, Chew Ai Hui, Justin Liew Jin Soong, Robin Goon Wooi Yeang To date, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread to every continent except Antarctica. More than a global health crisis, the pandemic also represents a daunting socio-economic crisis that...
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Study Session 3 – How Climate-Sensitive are Malaysia’s Laws and Regulations?
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 July 2020 – The Malaysian Youth Delegation (MYD) organised its third study session this year on 11 July 2020, discussing climate mitigation and adaptation in Malaysia. The session was guided by Evelyn Teh, a Senior Researcher on Climate Change at the...
read moreMYD Policy Series 2: Migration & why the Global Community Needs to Care about Climate Change
By Mahirah Marzuki, Azierah Ansar 1.0 What is Climate Migration Climate migration is the result of climate change effects causing population movements away from increasingly unviable or uninhabitable places. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted it as...
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Study Session #2 – Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 June 2020 – The Malaysian Youth Delegation (MYD) organised its second study session this year on 14 June 2020, discussing climate mitigation and adaptation in Malaysia. To deepen the members' understanding on the topic, MYD invited Professor Dr Joy...
read moreMYD Policy Series 1: Applying Lessons from COVID-19 to Climate Policies
What can COVID-19 teach us about handling climate change? Article by: Bryan Yong Bo Ou, Saef Wan, Zue Wei Leong, Robin Goon Wooi Yeang, Justin Liew Jin Soong, Tan Win Sim & Rahim Ismail Introduction The world is at a standstill due to the outbreak of the...
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