Malaysia aims to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions intensity of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 45 percent, by the year
2030.
The government in submitting its climate change action plan to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), stated that it was pleased to
communicate its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), together
with relevant clarifying information.
The plan also known as the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)
comes in advance of a new universal climate change agreement to be used at the
UN climate conference in Paris, in December this year.
Malaysia is one of the 179 parties to the UNFCCC to have formally submitted
their INDCs.
Based on the plan, the reduction of GHG consists of Malaysia taking its own
effort in working towards this effort by 35 percent (unconditional basis) and
another 10 percent is conditioned upon receipt of climate finance, technology
transfer and capacity building from other developed countries.
The duration given for the implementation is ten years beginning 2021.
The INDC was developed through participatory process through an inter
ministerial/agencies working group. Consultations with stakeholders were
conducted to obtain inputs on possible measures to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
There are five main sectors involved in the INDC which includes energy,
agriculture, industrial processes, waste and Land Use, Land Use Change and
Forestry (LULUCF).
Malaysia’s total GHG emissions represent about 0.6% of global emissions in
2011. The emission intensity per GDP was 0.41 tCO2eq/RM1000 for that year.
This represents a reduction of about 23 % from the 2005 values. The total GHG
emissions including removals by LULUCF sinks is about 0.05% of global
emissions.
In 2014, Malaysia developed A Roadmap of Emissions Intensity Reduction in
Malaysia.
The study indicated that Malaysia has opportunities across various sectors to
meet the reduction target of 40% emissions intensity reduction of GDP.
However, while these opportunities exist, considerable efforts would be
required to realise these emissions reductions in light of the challenges and
barriers.
Among these barriers are technological costs, institutional framework and
capacity and LULUCF legacy issues.
The country continues to allocate financial resources for the implementation of
climate change mitigation programmes through both public and private sector
initiatives.
The climate-related policies are implemented along with national priorities
such as poverty eradication, improving quality of life and development.
Meanwhile, The Tenth Malaysia Plan (2011-2015) focussed on
sustainable growth and introduced mitigation strategies to reduce emissions of
GHG.
Three significant financial stools were introduced to promote sustainability
measures. These consist of the introduction of a feed-in-tariff (FiT) mechanism
in conjunction with the Renewable Energy Policy and Action Plan (2010) to help
finance renewable energy investment, providing fiscal incentives and funding
for green technology investments and promoting projects eligible for carbon
credits.
The Malaysian government will continue to pursue its green growth goal under
the 11th Malaysia plan (RMK-11) for (the purpose of) sustainability and
resilience.
These include strengthening enabling environment for green growth, adoption of
sustainable consumption and production, conserving natural resources and
strengthening resilience against climate change and natural disasters.
These actions will further reduce Malaysia’s carbon footprint.
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