Malaysia urges first world nations to fulfil Paris Agreement obligations
SHAH ALAM - Malaysia has called for developed countries to fulfil their obligations under the Paris Agreement which includes additional financing, capacity building and technology transfer.
Environment and Water Minister Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, who was dressed in a black suit and black kopiah, said this when delivering his speech at the high-level segment of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov 10.
The minister delivered the three-minute national statement in Bahasa Malaysia.
"Malaysia is of the opinion that the negotiating process for the implementation of the Paris Agreement is important to achieve the goal of limiting global temperature rise.
"It is important for the negotiating process to decide on the method of implementing the NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions), as well as to develop a mechanism to cooperate among the different countries.
"However, the implementation of the Paris Agreement will need additional financing, technology transfer and capacity building for the developing countries.
"In this matter, we call on all developed countries to fulfil their obligations under the Paris Agreement," he said.
Tuan Ibrahim, who is attending the conference for the first time, said that the Malaysian government had also agreed to sign the Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use and the Global Methane Pledge.
He also reiterated the country's commitment to cut its greenhouse emissions intensity against its gross domestic product (GDP) by 45 per cent by 2030 from 2005 levels and to achieve net zero by 2050.
He said to achieve this, Malaysia will launch a carbon pricing policy in phases, 100 per cent procurement of non-internal combustion engines for government vehicles by 2030, as well as aim for a 31 per cent capacity for renewable energy by 2025 and 40 per cent by 2035 in the national grid.
He added that other measures include keeping 50 per cent of the country's forest, develop the National Adaptation Plan to deal with the impact of climate change and implementing zero waste at landfills and increasing recycling rate by 40 per cent by 2025.
A total of 197 countries and 120 world leaders are currently discussing issues of climate finance at COP26, which was supposed to be set in motion by 2020. However, hindered by unprecedented events, it has been delayed to 2023.
COP 26 was originally scheduled to take place from Nov 9-19, 2020 but rescheduled to Oct 31 to Nov 12 this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
