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The Need for a Green Economic Recovery
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 will leave deep, long lasting social, economic and political effects in every country...
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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 moreApplying Lessons from COVID-19 to Climate Policies
Introduction The world is at a standstill due to the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic. In Malaysia, we are seeing small victories in a slow decrease of daily cases with a relatively high recovery rate of 80% (Ministry of Health, 2020) as businesses cautiously...
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Study Session #1 – UNFCCC 101: Paris Agreement and its relevance to Malaysia
Our 1st Study Session of the year was held by En. Ridzwan from MEWA. It was a fruitful session indeed and some of the members have shared their feedback as a short summary of 2-3 paragraphs on what they have gained during the Study Session. En Ridzwan’s session was...
read moreLessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Time of a Climate Crisis
Authors: Eira Khanum and Tan Cai May The magnitude of the COVID-19 outbreak is unprecedented and has been developing since late 2019. Currently, the number of reported cases is in the millions and will continue to climb in the foreseeable future. The ongoing pandemic...
read moreMYD’s Position Statement on Rebranding of MEWA
This position statement was written to persuade the Ministry of Environment and Water to consider adopting the term 'climate change' in its rebranding process.On the 3rd of April, Malaysiakini published an article stating that the Ministry of Environment and Water...
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