KUALA LUMPUR: Former natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad has urged the government to align the upcoming climate action bill with the Asean Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment adopted at the 47th Asean Summit last month.
He said the declaration, which Malaysia helped push through during its Asean chairmanship, should guide future climate legislation and policy.
“The bill should be reflective of the declaration. Since its tabling has been postponed, we have time to internalise its principles in our national framework,” he said at a briefing on the declaration today.