Environmentalists: Malaysia’s latest climate change action plan on greenhouse gas emissions may be too ambitious, unrealistic

Malaysia’s aspiration to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its economy by 45% based on the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 has been met with criticism from some unexpected quarters: environmental advocacy groups. While generally welcoming Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s recent statement on Malaysia’s commitment to the climate change agenda, they were concerned that the goals were too ambitious and unrealistic. The environmentalists further added that a lack of detail and limited technological capacity could be hurdles to transformative climate action.