Declare climate emergency, climate justice movement urges Anwar

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A LOCAL climate justice movement has called on newly-minted prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to declare a climate emergency as the world braces for the threats of climate destabilisation and a looming environmental collapse.

A climate emergency refers to a situation in which urgent action is required to reduce or halt climate change and avoid potentially irreversible environmental damage resulting from it.

In August, then-environment and water minister Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said the government does not need to declare an emergency yet since climate actions are underway, even as flash floods, weather changes and logging continue to take place.

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