FROM the 1st of April 2022, Malaysia will enter a transition stage from the Covid-19 pandemic to the endemic phase. However, the uncertainties in the global economy continue to loom large due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and increased tensions between the US and China.
Locally, the multiple flood events in the Klang Valley have caught the attention of all Malaysians on the insidious impacts of climate change and the potential risks in almost all aspects of life. All these uncertainties have further driven the discussion and pressures for a more sustainable pathway of development.
Terms in relation to sustainability, like ‘security’, ‘resilience’, and ‘survival’ of humankind, have replaced ‘growth’ to become the keywords in these discussions. In the midst of uncertainty, planning authorities at both the federal and the state levels have moved on to mainstreaming sustainable development, particularly the 17 Sustainable D
SANDAKAN, Jan 27 For Ettol Kumpilon, the switch from growing rice to oil palm on his small family farm in Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah has enabled him to renovate his home, send his eldest child to school and build up a healthy pot of savings. But with climate change fuelling rising.
SANDAKAN (Thomson Reuters Foundation): For Ettol Kumpilon, the switch from growing rice to oil palm on his small family farm in Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah has enabled him to renovate his home, send his eldest child to school and build up a healthy pot of savings.
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