Over the next three months, Malaysia's environment ministry will consult state and federal actors, as well as industry and civil society groups as it prepares a draft of the bill.
The Malaysian carbon exchange also plans to offer renewable energy certificates for trade on its platform and accept Gold Standard-certified carbon credits later this year in a bid to expand its product offerings.
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In the wake of the world’s first Article 6 transaction between Thailand and Switzerland South Pole’s regional policy director Karolien Casaer-Diez reflects on how the rise of carbon markets in Asia, combined with effective regulation, may hold the key to reducing the region’s carbon emissions.
Celine Lim, the Indigenous leader of Sarawak-based NGO Save Rivers, tells Eco-Business how a solutions-based, non-violent approach to activism is protecting Sarawak's ecosystems and communities from logging and dams.