KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will ratify the Paris climate change agreement before December 2016, said Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. Malaysia is the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases in Asean, behind Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, contributing to 0.52% of the world’s carbon emissions. So far only Laos, Asean’s lowest polluter, has ratified the Paris agreement. Not this trip, but the Prime Minister has already agreed and we can commit before December 2016,” Wan Junaidi said when contacted Monday. Malaysia is projected to cut another 32 million tonnes from its carbon emissions by 2020, said Wan Junaidi.

Source: The Star September 19, 2016 09:15 UTC