Delivering Malaysia’s national statement at the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday (Sept 22), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia urged the developed countries to fulfil their commitment of mobilising US$100bil a year to support climate ambition endeavours of developing countries while recognising that trillions of dollars per annum will be needed in the near future.
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00:00 Mr. President, scientists have confirmed that the world has just experienced its hottest
00:07 summer in history.
00:10 We have heard Secretary General Guterres gravely declare that climate breakdown has begun.
00:19 Even Malaysia is seeing an increase in adverse impacts of climate change, with increasing
00:25 temperature, rising sea levels, intensified monsoons and erratic weather patterns disrupting
00:34 livelihood and degrading local ecosystems.
00:38 As such, we have not a moment to lose.
00:42 Malaysia is doing its part by developing low-carbon and renewable energy roadmaps to implement
00:48 mitigating and adaptation strategies.
00:53 The newly launched National Energy Transition Roadmap should aid us in achieving our NDCs
01:00 as well as lighting the path towards our net zero aspirations.
01:10 Discussions on climate change in the absence of equity, justice and the necessary means
01:17 to assist and empower countries to undertake greater climate action is an exercise in futility.
01:26 We also urge the developed countries to fulfil their commitment of mobilising $100 billion
01:33 a year to support climate ambition endeavours of developing countries, while recognising
01:40 that trillions of dollars per annum will be needed in the near future.
01:47 Mr President, the 2023 SDG report has confirmed that we are falling behind, with nearly a
01:58 third of the targets either at the state of inertia or worse, regressing.
02:06 The global economy is also projected to continue to be weighed down by geopolitical uncertainties.
02:13 Supply chain disruptions, increase in commodity prices, as well as challenging financial conditions.
02:22 This has widened the gap between economic growth and income, leading to a continuous
02:28 disparity.
02:30 As the growth in income fails to match economic growth, households become burdened with debt.
02:39 We now have the super-rich living side by side with the ultra-poor.
02:45 The contrast lies starkly in the things that matter.
02:50 Food on the table, shelter, access to quality education, healthcare.
02:57 These factors cry out for drastic systemic reform, a total reset of global institutions
03:04 that impact our lives, or else we will continue to face widening inequality, setting apart
03:11 nations and peoples.
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