Joachim Ng

The US spent US$916 billion on military expenditure - more than any other nation - while allocating just US$37 billion annually to climate initiatives. – AFPpix

Primed for war and not climate action

FOR lack of a peace vision and global leadership, we saw in Part Four that Malaysia scored no points for its failure to offer any solutions to the Gaza and Ukraine wars.

Nearer home is a looming Taiwan-South ...

Climate mitigation, which once occupied the top spot of the agenda for climate action, has been pushed to the bottom. – REUTERSPIC

World’s cop-out on climate action

IN Part Three, we saw how Malaysia’s global ecological crisis rating slipped down to -6 points, more than halfway to the absolute bottom of -10, which represents complete defeat by climate change. We need ...

With three million petrol cars on Klang Valley roads every working day, some 12 million kg of CO2 is spewed out per year by all the Klang Valley petrol cars on working days. – BERNAMAPIX

Traffic pollution: A deadly killer of health

GLOBAL carbon emissions from fossil fuels surged to a record high last year, with no sign that the world has reached a peak.

Burning fossil fuels resulted in CO₂ (carbon dioxide) releases hitting 40 billion ...

Earth’s average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record, topping the record set in 2023. The new record comes after 15 consecutive months of monthly temperature records. – Adib Rawi Yahya/THESUN

Wake-up call as global crisis deepens

CATASTROPHIC multi-year mega-droughts accompanied by intense wildfires are hitting every continent except Antarctica.

In Malaysia, last year’s unprecedented series of floods may have lulled the public ...

While climate threats grow, the risks to people’s health are being exacerbated by years of delays in the implementation of life-saving adaptation interventions. – Adib Rawi Yahya/theSun

Climate change ranks low in priorities

ONE bright morning in 2004, a family was enjoying the lovely sea view and paid scant attention to a high wave fast approaching. That rolling wave was a harbinger of the deadliest tsunami to hit Asia in ...

Individuals who smoke tobacco products increase their risk of death from stroke, coronary heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. – REUTERSPIC

Religions must focus on public health

ALL travellers have experienced at least one occasion when they set out on a route and yet unknowingly go off-track, only realising it when their senses tell them something is wrong.

This happens on everyone’s ...

Corruption and scams – not sexual sin – will lead to the eventual collapse of Malaysian society because they destroy one of society’s most vital ingredients – trust. – BERNAMAPIC

Cane embezzlers and scammers

THE country’s first public caning in Terengganu last month of a 42-year-old man for the offence of khalwat (being alone with a woman in a morally impermissible situation) created much interest.

Among those ...

Recitation of the Rukunegara in schools and government programmes implies full agreement that belief in God is the highest state of Malaysian citizenry. – ADIB RAWI YAHYA/THESUN

Hinduism’s link with quantum physics

WHAT is Malaysia’s New Year resolution? If we have not set a common goal for all people to achieve, it is time to focus on improving multifaith understanding in line with the first and leading principle ...

The manger scene denotes humility, simplicity and a more natural lifestyle under the stars, so to speak. Christmas is a reminder to be humble despite wealth, status, ethnic identity or religious standing. – AFPPIC

Universal themes in Christmas joy

CHRISTMAS is a season to be jolly – for everybody. Why? Any religious festivity is a season for everybody to be jolly.

Malaysia was founded on principles of unity and cooperation among diverse ethnicities ...

Despite global progress in criminalising corruption and establishing specialised institutions to address it, corruption levels worldwide remain stagnant.

Four-tier structure to end corruption

MALAYSIANS are disappointed at the extent of political and bureaucratic corruption.

This has been revealed in court cases and disclosed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission earlier this month, which ...

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