Perak Sultan says world urgently needs more climate activists
BY EMMANUEL SANTA MARIA CHIN
He said this was why the world needed more activists like 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, environmentalist Ahmad Iszuddin, 13, and local chemist Pua Lay Peng.“Every tonne of carbon emitted brings the earth closer to a defining point in life. Swedish teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg speaks at a climate change rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, US November 8, 2019. — Reuters pic
He said Pua, a chemist, was threatened after exposing illegal plastic processing factories in Kuala Langat, before her efforts earned her an invitation to the 21st EU-NGO Forum On Human Rights: Building a Fair Environmental Future held recently in Brussels, Belgium.
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