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Extinction threat: A call to action on existence

If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the Universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow, happiness lies ahead. — A Buddhist Proverb The dateline was 25 April, 2019, and we were transiting London on the way home to Kuala Lumpur after a business trip to northern Europe. This […]

The Gordian Knot in search of an Alexander

Turn him to any cause of policy,The Gordian Knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter. — Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1 Scene 1. 45–47 THE survival issue of our times in not the pandemic that is currently enveloping most of the world and causing untold miseries and devastation. The real issue is […]

Fighting against global warming

KUCHING: To help address the urgency of mitigating global warming, World Wildlife Federation (WWF) Malaysia and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) are collaborating to undertake an independent study on the potential net-zero pathways for the country. WWF Malaysia Conservation director Dr Henry Chan said that the study aims to show an optimal net-zero pathway for Malaysia […]

Scale of world’s warming ‘unprecedented’ in thousands of years

GENEVA: The scale of warming in the world is unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, said a new United Nations (UN) climate report on Monday. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I report, Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis said it provides the clearest and most comprehensive […]

Vietnam forecast to face historic heat waves in 2020

HANOI: Vietnam is forecast to suffer the highest temperatures ever recorded in 2020, according to the latest report by the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration, according to Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Monday. In May, the country will see more days of heat than the same month of previous years, said the agency. The country is predicted […]