KUALA LUMPUR: The Environment and Water Ministry has accomplished the local weather change legal framework in December final 12 months which would be the foundation for the event of the nation’s Climate Change Bill.
Its Minister, Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, stated that among the many contents of the bill was governance which contained provisions on the institutional framework on local weather change within the nation, and the formation of a local weather change committee.
“The institution of the committee is to make sure that local weather change adaptation may be applied to scale back the affect of floods and so forth.
“Apart from that, the content material of the bill is local weather change mitigation and compliance mechanisms with the foundations and legal guidelines that we’ve developed,” he stated throughout the winding up session of the Special Meeting of the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (Jan 20).
Last September, Tuan Ibrahim was reported to have stated that the ministry was drafting rules and legal guidelines to regulate local weather change and international warming that’s hitting the nation.
He additionally stated that this transfer was taken as Malaysia didn’t have such an act, and several other mechanisms have been deliberate to implement it.
Meanwhile, earlier, a commotion erupted within the Dewan Rakyat when Minister within the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions), Datuk Dr Abd Latiff Ahmad wound up the talk on the floods which hit the nation on the finish of final 12 months.
Several members of Parliament (MPs) from the opposition bloc, together with Khalid Abd Samad (PH-Shah Alam) and Gobind Singh Deo (PH-Puchong) intervened as a result of they have been dissatisfied with the reply given by Dr Abd Latiff.
The state of affairs grew to become extra intense when Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (BN-Pasir Salak) stood as much as defend Dr Abd Latiff and loudly stated that the opposition bloc MPs gave the impression to be bullying the minister.
“They are bullying the minister. This isn’t honest,” stated Tajuddin whereas blocking Hannah Yeoh (PH-Segambut), who needed to ask for a proof on the supply of energy of the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma).
Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon managed to diffuse the tense state of affairs by asking all MPs concerned to sit down down and provides method to Dr Abd Latiff to renew the winding up. – Bernama
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