Issue 7: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: Malaysia

Introduction

The Copenhagen Accord called on Annex I countries to make their climate change pledges, and on Annex II countries to identify their nationally appropriate mitigation actions by 31 January 2010.

In this edition of the Asia Pacific climate change policy series we examine the regulatory framework and climate change investment opportunities in Malaysia.

Key points on Malaysia:

• the Green Technology Strategy remains the principal strategy through which Malaysia intends to meet its carbon intensity reduction goals
• the recent 10th Malaysia Plan concerns the period 2011 to 2015 and outlines a gradual scaling up of the focus on renewable energy
• current investment opportunities in the CDM sphere are in the biomass sector