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Malaysia to ban single-use plastic
This article first appeared on Eco-Business.com. In an unprecedented move against plastic pollution in Southeast Asia, Malaysia has announced that it will eliminate single-use plastic by 2030. At a recent town hall meeting, newly appointed minister in charge of environment matters Yeo Been Yin revealed that the country will launch a road map towards zero-use […]
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Malaysia sets a new goal of 18% clean energy generation by 2030
This article first appeared on Open Gov. According to a recent report, The Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Ministry has set a target of 18% of the country’s electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2030, an increase from 2% currently. The Minister of Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment said […]
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Transformative Actions Program (TAP) calls for a new batch of project proposals for 2018
This content is part of the TAP Digital Media Toolkit. As of 13 September 2018, the Transformative Actions Program (TAP) is actively seeking transformative climate projects to become part of the TAP project project preparation facility. Through the TAP, local and regional governments receive support to develop concepts into low risk, high feasibility, high impact […]
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4 Groundbreaking Announcements From the Global Climate Action Summit
Over the past three days, more than 4,000 people have gathered in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) convened by California Governor Jerry Brown to mobilize regional, local and business leaders around climate change. Seventeen states and 400 cities, representing together the world’s third largest economy, have now joined Brown and summit co-chair and UN special envoy […]
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