The judicial review application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court demands urgent action to halt escalating deforestation and to honour the country’s decades-old pledge to maintain 50 per cent forest cover.
The CEO of the environmental law charity said suing corporate polluters is not the way to drive impact in Asia, where it focuses on capacity building. The organisation currently has 20 staff in the region.
A lack of actionable data at a local level could be addressed under the country's highly-anticipated Climate Change Bill. The environment ministry is also studying the need for regular climate change risk assessments.