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Interchamber Climate Champions Collective 2025 - Session 1
By Elizabeth Wu, Lawyer, Environmental Justice and Transactional Governance Moderated by  Malar Odayappan, Director of Environmental,...
Jul 146 min read
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Why a Strong Environment Minister is Important in Implementing the Climate Agenda - Part One: The Road to Paris
In the more than two decades that I served in the Malaysian government, I have been very privileged to have served under the guidance of...
Jun 115 min read
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Will Trump's Second Term Derail Global Sustainability and ESG?
To begin, it helps to understand the kinds of directives that have fueled uncertainty. On the environmental front, the administration has...
Jun 44 min read
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Climate And Environmental Governance: The power of a regenerative economic approach
This article first appeared in Forum, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on April 28, 2025 - May 4, 2025 In April 2016, as part of a nature...
May 212 min read
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A Call to Global Climate Action: The Second Letter from the COP30 Presidency
The incoming Brazilian Presidency of COP30 has released its second letter to the international community, calling for urgent and...
May 141 min read
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Wrapped: National Climate Governance Summit 2025
Held from 7-11 April at Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur, the National Climate Governance Summit (NCGS) 2025 brought together nearly 3,500...
May 141 min read
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Wrapped: Malaysian Support for COP29 Parallel Program
With the conclusion of the ' Malaysian Support for COP29 ' parallel program, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our...
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Wrapped: National Climate Governance Summit 2024
After months of careful planning, the National Climate Governance Summit (NCGS) 2024 has come to a successful close. We extend our...
Oct 14, 20241 min read
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Director's Masterclass Series: Session 5-6: Navigating Climate Risks: Investor Priorities
On August 20th, 2024, industry leaders convened at Bursa Malaysia for the “Director’s Masterclass Series 2024: Navigating Climate Risks:...
Aug 26, 20243 min read
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Jasim Puthucheary: Accurate and timely climate data is imperative to achieving net zero by 2050
The first ever global stocktake that was presented at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...
Jun 30, 20242 min read
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Climate and Environmental Governance: To avert the climate crisis, enable businesses to take action
Edge Weekly Human civilisation has been thriving for thousands of years within a narrow envelope of a stable climate. However, the...
Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Waste Sector Roundtable Series: Session 3: Government and Policymakers
Dr Kalanithi Nesaretnam, co-founder of CGM in her opening remarks stated that in the first roundtable the focus was on how corporates and...
Aug 30, 20224 min read
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Asia-Pacific Climate Digest: Issue #51 Week 4, June 2022
Compiled by Purnima Joshi Over the past week, Southeast Asian governments have been teetering to combat the double whammy of inflationary...
Jun 25, 20224 min read
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Asia-Pacific Climate Digest : Issue #47 Week 3, March 2022
Compiled by Ms. Purnima Joshi The continent of Asia, where more than half of the world's population resides, consumes over 40 per cent of...
Mar 19, 20225 min read
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Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue #43: Week 2, Feb 2022
Compiled by Ms. Purnima Joshi As 2022 will see several interesting contests taking place in Southeast Asia’s democracies, it remains to...
Feb 12, 20225 min read
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Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue #42: Week 4, Jan 2022
Compiled by Purnima Joshi The past couple of days featured news of US and China reaching a joint declaration which gave political impetus...
Jan 24, 20226 min read
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Climate & Environmental Governance: Climate crisis makes a pressing case for public-private synergy
As the sheer scale of the challenges posed by the climate emergency is becoming increasingly clear, it is gratifying to see many company...
Jan 21, 20221 min read
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Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue #31: Week 3, Oct 2021
Compiled by Purnima Joshi Climate change has been causing more erratic monsoons, and increasingly warmer and unbearable summers. Health...
Oct 16, 20215 min read
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Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue #24 : Week 4, Aug 2021
Compiled by Purnima Joshi. Even though the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first instalment of its Sixth...
Aug 27, 20214 min read
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Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue # 21 : Week 1, August 2021
Compiled by Purnima Joshi Even as the deadlines for net-zero approach, and the need for adherence supported with meaningful and...
Aug 6, 20214 min read
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