Essay On Climate Change In Malaysia

Climate change is considered to be one of the biggest threats facing nature and humanity today. It is an undeniable and pervasive crisis that affects every aspect of our lives and future. As the planet heats, climate patterns change and it’ll mean more extreme and unpredictable weather across the world. Many places will be hotter, some wetter, others drier. Of course, Malaysia is not excluded from this problem.

In today’s world, there are several phenomena occurring around the globe that serve as physical evidence of climate change. Ten hottest years ever recorded all took place since 1998, with the hottest one of all being 2010, where Earths average surface temperature has increased by more than 1.4 ⁰F over the past 100 years. In addition, plants and animals also having the impacts from the climate change, where they move to different latitudes or higher altitudes due to change in temperature. Besides that, experts noted that the oceans are absorbing the sun’s heat in an increasing rate. As NASA explored, the oceans have absorbed much of this increased heat, with the top 700 m of ocean showing warming of 0.302 ⁰F since 1969.

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Besides, Malaysia has a Low Carbon Cities Framework (LCCF) and Assessment System. It is a city that comprises of societies that consume sustainable green technology, green practices and emit relatively low carbon or green house gases (GHGs) as compared with present day practice to avoid the adverse impacts on climate change. Therefore, Malaysia does adopt and embed principles of sustainable development to contribute minimally to climate change by focusing on urban environment, urban transport, urban infrastructure and building. Therefore, the government is encouraging more clean vehicles onto the roads and supporting public transport that designed to reduce carbon emissions. Also, we can use low-energy consumption bulb and practise car-pooling to reduce the carbon emissions as well as traffic congestion especially in dense