This is a useful resource to be downloaded. We prepared this presentation titled Climate Change and the Importance of Forests for an online public webinar on Climate – Forest > 1.5° C (a mathematical equation). This webinar was jointly organised by the CSO Platform for Reform (Environment Cluster) (BEACCH) and us on 18 August 2021. In summary, the …
Following the statement we released yesterday (19.08.2021) on the floods in Yan, we have received other views regarding the massive floods that took place in the Yan area, situated downstream from the recreational area of Titi Hayun where the headwater (kepala air) phenomenon was reported to have taken place in Gunung Jerai. Clearly, as a …
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are distraught to hear that three victims have been found dead in several locations around Gunung Jerai in Yan after yesterday’s floods. The floods and landslides were reported to be triggered by upstream water rush phenomenon at the waterfall area near Gunung Jerai. The affected residents here have described the …
Friends of the Earth wins climate case against Shell Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) congratulates Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) et al. on this historic win against Shell and welcomes this important decision. For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous climate change. Today, as a result …
Historic victory: judge forces Shell to drastically reduce CO2 emissions Read More »
It is Earth Day on April 22. It is a day to remember Mother Earth and how we treat her. It is not enough to dedicate one day in a year to remember her if we are to save her. We must remember her every day, and put the environment and ecology at the centre of decision-making, …
In the international climate discourse, the goal of countries embracing net zero emissions reductions by 2050 has been heralded as showing high ambition. Coming from the highest official in the United Nations, viz. the Secretary-General, António Guterres himself, the general public can be forgiven into thinking that net zero emissions reductions by the world’s major ‘emitters’ …
The inconvenient truth about ‘net zero’ emissions Read More »
Powerful actors are using “net zero” pledges to hide their climate inaction. Stopping the climate crisis requires us to stop burning fossil fuels – no magical thinking will solve this problem, just immediate action and system change. But transnational corporations and governments are hiding behind the “net” in “net zero” – claiming that they just …
Chasing Carbon Unicorns: The deception of carbon markets and “net zero” Read More »
Several international climate justice organisations[1] including Malaysian based Third World Network and Friends of the Earth International, today released a new report: Chasing Carbon Unicorns: The deception of carbon markets and “net zero”. In the lead up to the delayed UN Climate Change Conference (called COP26) scheduled to held in Glasgow, in the United Kingdom later this …
October 13 every year, marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), with a call by the UN General Assembly since 1989, for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. This year’s International Day for DRR is focused on governance, with good disaster risk governance measured in lives saved, reduced numbers of …
Malaysia needs to do more on disaster risk reduction Read More »
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes the efforts of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Securities Commission (SC) in accelerating climate action through the financial sector, via the Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3) established to spearhead this. We refer to the recent letter by Hajar Shamsudin entitled ‘Time for local banks to run the green …
SAM welcomes efforts to accelerate climate action through the financial sector Read More »
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Headquarters)
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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Headquarters)
No. 1, Jalan Joki, 11400 Penang,
Malaysia
Tel: +604 827 6930
Fax: +604 827 6932
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Marudi Office)
129A, First Floor,
Jalan Tuanku Taha,
P.O.Box 216,
98058 Marudi, Baram, Sarawak,
Malaysia
Tel & Fax: +6085 758 973