National Climate Change Bill to be tabled in August
He said the bill has been completed and is being reviewed by the Attorney-General's Chambers.
"The review process is being conducted after the NRES completed engagement sessions with state governments, as the implementation of the proposed law involves their jurisdictions.
"We plan to table it in parliament during the next session in August.
"It was previously postponed to June, but we needed time to fine-tune the bill," he told reporters after the launch of the Environmental Sustainability Road Tour 2.0 at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) yesterday.
Regarding the use of renewable energy (RE) in the country, Ching Thoo stated that Malaysia is on a positive trajectory towards achieving its 70 per cent RE capacity target, in line with the goals outlined in the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR).
"If we look at the current breakdown, it is largely dominated by solar panels, which I believe account for nearly 95 per cent.
"According to the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry's data, we have reached approximately 40 per cent," he added.
– Bernama
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