US President Joe Biden's decision to exclude Malaysia from the Climate Action Summit was an indictment of Putrajaya's policy on accepting plastic waste from other countries, charged DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.
In a statement today, Lim said unlike the Pakatan Harapan administration which actively repatriated plastic waste imports, Environment and Water Minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (photo, above) has so far been receptive to "clean" plastic waste.
"If Tuan Ibrahim is so confident about how plastic waste can be 'clean', then he should allow a 'clean' plastic waste factory to be built next to his home in Kelantan or Pahang," he said.
The White House had said that the 40 nations invited to the summit had demonstrated "strong climate leadership" or "charting innovative pathways".
In the region, the only nations to be invited were Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore.
In view of this, Lim said it was clear that the three countries were viewed more favourably than Malaysia.
"Up to now, Tuan Ibrahim has failed to explain why Vietnam can be invited, but Malaysia was excluded from this summit. Tuan Ibrahim should wake up and set his vision on how to integrate climate change measures into the work of government agencies and the way forward to reclaim our 'climate change' reputation.
"Sadly, as a leader of a party whose colour is green, Tuan Ibrahim has short-changed the country with his poor performance in pushing green policies until Malaysia is seen as inferior to Vietnam," he said.
The Climate Action Summit will be held entirely online on April 22 in conjunction with Earth Day, ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November.
Biden has reinvigorated US' climate change policies, and the summit aims to highlight how climate ambitions will create good jobs, advance technologies and help vulnerable countries adapt to climate impacts. - Mkini
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