By Suhaila Shahrul Annuar SHAH ALAM, Nov 25 — The state administration has launched the Selangor Climate Change Policy as a preparation to address global climate change challenges. Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari said the initiative encompasses 10 strategic pillars and 70 key actions...

BAKU, Nov 24 — Greenpeace, the worldwide climate organisation, slammed the agreement reached at the United Nations (UN) Climate Conference early on Sunday, saying negotiators had caved to the interests of oil-producing nations, the German News Agency (dpa) reported.

BAKU, Nov 24 — The COP29 summit in Azerbaijan has reached an agreement to provide at least US$1.3 trillion (RM5.8 trillion) annually through 2035 to poorer countries to help them fight climate change, with at least US$300 billion (RM1.34 trillion) to come from mainly industrialised nations, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

BAKU, Nov 22 — The COP29 climate summit presidency released a draft finance deal today that would have developed nations take the lead in providing US$250 billion (RM1.11 trillion) per year by 2035 to help poorer nations — a proposal that drew criticism from all sides.

BAKU, Nov 21 — Malaysia’s participation in COP29 has significantly advanced its net-zero emissions goal, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

BAKU, Nov 19 — Malaysia has urged developed nations to meet their commitments and fulfil their responsibility by providing adequate, accessible and impactful climate finance.

BAKU, Nov 15 — Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to US$1 trillion (RM4.47 trillion) in climate finance for the world’s most vulnerable, as political tensions overshadowed the talks and Argentina yesterday pulled its delegation from Baku.

BAKU, Nov 12 — Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev used a keynote speech at the COP29 climate summit to lash out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry, saying it had been the victim of a “well-orchestrated campaign of slander and blackmail”.

BAKU, Nov 11 — With the United Nations’ climate talks tackling complex topics from energy policy to global financial aid, the annual summit has developed its own ever-growing lexicon.

KABUL, Nov 10 — Afghan Taliban officials will attend the major United Nations climate conference COP29 that starts next week, the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry said today, the first time they have attended since the former insurgents took power in 2021.

TAIPEI, Nov 8 — Taiwan has set up a "war room" to watch the live stream from next week's COP29 climate summit given it is not allowed to attend for political reasons, Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming said today.

SINGAPORE, Nov 7 — Efforts by the United States and others to persuade more countries to contribute to a new global climate financing initiative risks undermining the Paris agreement, Singaporean Environment Minister Grace Fu told Reuters yesterday.

CALI, Nov 5 — Wealthy nations appeared to hit a limit with how much they are willing to pay to conserve nature around the world, instead shifting their focus at the two-week United Nations biodiversity summit toward discussions of private money filling the funding gap.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — A unified stance among Asean members on climate change is crucial for the region to be taken more seriously on the global stage, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.