In December 2021, Malaysia experienced three (3) consecutive
days of heavy downpour, constant rain on an unprecedented scale
affecting eight states. The country suffered an estimated loss of
Ringgit Malaysia Fifteen Billion (RM 15,000,000,000.00) to the
Malaysian economy,1 close to seventy thousand (70,000)
victims affected2 and most unfortunately, a total of
fifty-four (54) deaths and two (2) people missing.3
Described as a one in 100-year weather event,4 was this
catastrophe a result of nature running its course, an act of God?
Or was it caused by the acts and omissions of mankind?
Experts believe that one of the main causes of the flood is due
to climate change. Environmentalist, Dr Renard Siew claims that the
flood "is a clear example of an unpredictable weather
event as a result of high carbon emissions".5
It is clear that climate change (more specifically, global warming
due to carbon emissions) has contributed to this disaster, and many
others throughout the
