Averting Climate Catastrophe

Alizan Mahadi, Senior Director of Research, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

12-Aug-21 07:45

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A sobering report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that human activity is unequivocally changing the climate in unprecedented and irreversible ways. But is this adequate to influence the goals of COP26 in November? And how well is Malaysia doing in tackling climate change? Alizan Mahadi, Senior Director of Research, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) discusses.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar, Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Roshan Kanesan, Noelle Lim, Shazana Mokhtar

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Tags: environment, UN, climate change, IPCC, greenhouse gas, strategy, COP26, flood, wildfire, heat,

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