The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly worrying in Malaysia after several extraordinary weather events such as floods, air and water pollution, extreme temperature fluctuations and increasingly erratic weather.
These events also degrade the quality of life, mainly due to increased socioeconomic disparity and the decline in the health of Malaysians
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Environment and Water Ministry has estimated that an allocation of RM392bil would be needed as a long-term solution to overcome the country’s flood problems for the next 78 years till 2100.
Malaysia is very good at spending money to solve a problem without actually solving it like constantly building new highways to solve traffic jams only to double it. Recently, plans were announced that RM400 billion is to be invested on flood prevention in the next 78 years, according to Environment…