Malaysian Effort to Combat Global and Climate Change

The global climate change can affect human life and activities through the increasing amount of natural
disasters, global warming and the melting of the icebergs.

The building of the Silk Road economic belt is an exciting prospect that may
bring immense economic benefits to Eurasian countries. To build a new and
sustainable Silk Road economic belt, advancing scientific research,
reinforcing international collaboration and enhancing education are
necessary steps. (Peiyue Li,Hui Qian,Ken W. F. Howard,Jianhua Wu Environmental Earth
Sciences, November 2015, Volume 74, Issue 10, pp 7267–7270)

One proof, This study was designed to test the effect that child-centred, 5E learning
cycle-based climate change activities would have overmore traditional teacher-
centred activities on Malaysian Year 5 primary students (11 years). A quasi-
experimental design involving a treatment (n = 55) and a group representing typical
teaching method (n = 60) was used to measure the effectiveness of these activities
on (a) increasing children's knowledge about global warming; (b) changing their
attitudes to be more favourable towards the environment and (c) identify the
relationship between knowledge and attitude that exist in this study. (
Journal

International Journal of Science Education

Volume 37, 2015 - Issue 1

Mageswary Karpudewan,Wolff-Michael Roth &Mohd Nor Syahrir Bin Abdullah

Pages 31-54 | Published online: 12 Sep 2014)

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most prevalent Greenhouse gas (GHG) produced by
human activities. Industrialization has been among the primary factors for increased
CO2 production, mostly through the consumption of electricity and the burning of
fossil fuels.The study found that energy audit and energy efficiency are two critical
factors for reducing carbon emissions. The study also found that energy awareness,
knowledge, and commitment are related to energy efficiency. One key outcome of
the study was the development of a new theoretical model of energy management
practices.( Resources, Conservation and Recycling,Volume 126, November 2017,
Pages 62-73 YudiFernandoabWei LinHo )
The study distributed questionnaires in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Confirmatory
factor analysis and structural equation modelling are used to develop the theoretical
framework. The key findings of this study indicate that attitudes, subjective norm
and perceived behavioural control have positive influence on behavioural intention
to adapt/mitigate climate change. The result also found mediating effects of
behavioural intention between attitudes, subjective norms and perceived
behavioural control and pro-environmental behaviour. (Journal of Cleaner
Production
Volume 113, 1 February 2016, Pages 613-623, Muhammad MehediMasudaAbul
QuasemAl-AminbHaJunshengcFerdousAhmeddSiti
RohaniYahayaaRuliaAkhtareHasanulBannaf

to understand the impact of the land use changes due to climatic conditions
on the meander evolution changes at the upstream reach of the Pahang River
and suggest a number of solutions to mitigate or adaptation strategies to
cope with those changes in the future.( Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for
Global Change December 2015, Volume 20, Issue 8, pp 1319–1334
Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin,Mohd Ekhwan Toriman,Mohd Hafiz Rosli,Hafizan Juahir,Nor Azlina
Abdul Aziz,Azman Azid.Syahrir Farihan Mohamed Zainuddin,Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman)

Global warming from 2010 to 2105. The results are interesting in prioritizing climate
change mitigation for the future. Whereas the cumulative cost of climatic damage
over the period 2010–2105 will amount to MYR40,128.1 billion under the present
climatic regime in Malaysia, it will fall to MYR5263.7 billion under the optimal
regime. In addition, the government would have collected revenue from carbon
taxes amounting to MYR9535.4 billion over the 95 years. (Environmental Science &
Policy Volume 50, June 2015, Pages 24-33,
AbuQuasemAlAminaRajahRasiahbSanthaChenayahc)
Assessment of hydrologic impacts of climate change on the runoff trend in Klang
Watershed, Malaysia

GIS system to enhance the understanding of the impact of climate change scenarios
on the river flow. The study provides the useful hydrology data for the future
development in Klang watershed. The Hadley Centre Third Generation—GCM
model has been employed for emission scenarios A2 and B2 for the period 2001–
2100. The output from statistical downscaling model is used as input into HEC-HMS
hydrological modelling to project the discharge of Klang River. Then, the
hydrological model output is used to determine the future streamflow in the
watershed. To evaluate the future climate change, the long time period of
projection to 2100 is divided into three parts (2020s, 2050s and 2080s)
(Environmental Earth Sciences January 2015, Volume 73, Issue 1, pp 27–37
Reza Kabiri,V. Ramani Bai,Andrew Chan)

Overflowing of Pahang River, especially inundated the lowland and floodplain areas.
These events have resulted to the government suffered revenue loss due to the large
compensation to flooding victims and repairing after the incidents.(langkah) A well
developed urban required a more efficient drainage system in order to drain off the
surface run-off water that generated from the urban area. And also, increase the
efficiency of the ultimate channel such as Pahang River is a must in order to
compensate the high input of water in a very short time to avoid the overflowing of
the river or flash flood to occur. (Journal e-bangi Volume 6, Number 1, 29-37, 2011.
ISSN: 1823-884x Pan Ia Lun, Muhd. Barzani Gasim, Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman, Sahibin
Abd. Rahim & Khairul Amri Kamaruddin )
Impacts of climate change on water resources of the Kelantan River Basin in north-eastern
Peninsular Malaysia using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model . The study
shows an increase of monthly rainfall during the wet season, and decrease during the
dry season. Therefore, the monthly streamflow and surface runoff are likely to
increase significantly in November, December and January. In addition, slight
decreases in the monthly water yield are found between June and October (1.9–
8.9%) during the 2015–2044 period. These findings could act as a scientific reference
to develop better climate adaptation strategies.( Atmospheric Research
Volume 189, 1 June 2017, Pages 1-10, Mou LeongTanabAb
LatifIbrahimbZulkifliYusopcVivien P.ChuaaNgai WengChand )