WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION?
October 21, 2020MID-TERM REVIEW OF MALAYSIA EDUCATION BLUEPRINT 2015-2025 (HIGHER EDUCATION)
October 21, 2020The Review of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 (EQA1974) was commissioned by the Ministry of Environment and Water (previously Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change) and commenced in November 2019.
ASM was seen as a suitable strategic partner due to the vast knowledge and experience of internationally recognised ASM Fellows and other members of ASM’s expert network. ASM was tasked to identify gaps and provide recommendations to strengthen the existing law. The Steering Committee helmed by Academician Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Zakri Abdul Hamid FASc is committed to address pertinent issues such as the weak implementation of the law, the lack of transparency and access to information and fragmented environmental governance.
Provisions for climate change, circular economy and public participation are also proposed towards shifting current environmental management from a reactive to the precautionary approach. ASM is confident that the value-added inputs of experts will fortify the environmental law to be not only comprehensive but state of the art. The Ministry and relevant agencies are looking into the necessary processes to seeing the updated law take effect. When we get there, it will catapult Malaysia to the forefront of environmental legislation in the global arena.