KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — The United Kingdom (UK) hopes that Malaysia can be part of the target of protecting 30 per cent of the Earth, both land and sea by 2030 (also known as 30 by 30), said the British High Commissioner to Malaysia Charles Hay.
He said the UK together with a hundred other countries have been calling for a new target of 30 by 30 to be adopted at the United Nation (UN) biodiversity negotiations later this year.
Hay said Malaysia has committed to take bold actions to tackle climate change through the country’s enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and its new commitment on achieving carbon neutrality.
“Later this year, over 100 countries will come together to develop new global goals on biodiversity in a framework that will be implemented over the next decade, with the aim of promoting a healthy planet and human well-being.
“That’s really important for Malaysia because being one of the most mega-diverse countries on the planet, and we need to be ambitious in this area,” he said at the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Corporate Summit titled “Driving Sustainability and Sustainable Transformation” Thursday.
The summit was jointly organised by The Economic Club of Kuala Lumpur (ECKL) and the KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific.
On Malaysia’s contribution to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), Hay said the country has endorsed the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use which champions halting and reversing deforestation, as well the Global Methane Pledge, setting a collective goal to reduce global methane emissions by 30 per cent before 2030.
He also added that UK would continue to support Malaysia on its climate transition journey and the development of a long-term climate action strategy.
— NNN-BERNAMA