Selangor To Launch Green Council

Dear YB Elizabeth Wong, 

Based on your comments, you are probably the first politician who articulates very well in the subject of Malaysia GHG reduction commitment. We do hope Selangor state will be the first in the country to declare its CO2 reduction target ! As residents in Selangor, we are more than happy to be part of the stakeholders to provide our inputs :)

Cheers.... 

we @ sdmalaysia

Selangor To Launch Green Council

-The Sun- by Tan Yi Liang
PETALING JAYA ( June 7, 2010 ): The Selangor government will be launching a Green Council to plan environmentally-friendly policies and initiatives.This was announced yesterday by Selangor Executive Councillor for Tourism, Consumer Affairs and the Environment Elizabeth Wong.

“We will be establishing the Selangor Green Council. It is a forum consisting of entrepreneurs, civil societies, scientists, educators who will help us formulate green policies and initiatives,” said Wong.

“This council will undertake activities to raise public awareness of climate change and the need to undertake policy shifts with regard to our approaches towards development,” she added.

Wong, who delivered the opening speech at the Greener Governance Talk organized by the Selangor Government said that Selangor had to take the lead as it was Malaysia’s most industrialized state.

“Selangor must take the lead in realizing Malaysia’s pledge at Copenhagen in October last year to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions,” said Wong, who revealed state government initiatives in that direction.

“We have initiated a special study to determine what would be our emissions,” she said.

“Selangor as a state can, and must play its part in the global solution to climate change by introducing sustainable development policies that include mitigation and adaptation,” added Wong, who pointed out that such developments could in fact be good for businesses.

“We are fully aware of the need to create jobs and business opportunities to increase Selangor’s prosperity. The council, along with entrepreneurs and businesses will recommend to the state pro-growth green initiatives.”

“Our efforts to address climate change should open new windows for entrepreneurs and businesses, including social entrepreneurs whose prime motivation is to provide social goods to the community,” said Wong.

“We need to mainstream climate change in sustainable development, and as a state government we must do our part in solidarity with the global community to address this issue,” added Wong. – theSun