MALAYSIA
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CO2 Emissions p.capita (tonnes) UN |
World Ranking CO2 Emissions (p.capita) UN |
EPI World Ranking Climate Change |
TI World Ranking Corruption |
TI Asia Ranking Corruption |
Ratified Kyoto Protocol (year) |
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7.05 |
157 |
112 |
47 |
8 |
2002 |
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Compiled by Green Assembly. Data sourced from the UN,Transparency International,and EPI |
MALAYSIA claimed to be the largest exporter of palm oil in the world, until recently when the country’s spin merchants discovered that the claim was bad for their international image.
The Malaysians are now keen to point out that Indonesia is the world’s biggest producer of palm oil and therefore a bigger “villain”.
Malaysia consists of thirteen states and three federal territories in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of 329,847 square kilometres (127,355 sq mi), making it nearly the same size as Germany.
The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, and the population stands at more than 25 million.The country is composed of two regions—Peninsular Malaysia which is attached to the south of Thailand; and Malaysian Borneo which it shares with Indonesia.
Malaysia borders Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines.
The country has a poor environmental record and fares exceptionally badly on CO2 emissions which stand at more than 7 tonnes per capita, giving it a global ranking of 157. This is somewhere between dreadful and appalling. But there is little prospect of improvement so long as the present incumbents remain in power.
Malaysia ranks 112 globally in the climate change section of the 2008 Environmental Performance Index. Not good at all.
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