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Kiu Jia Yaw, a lawyer for sustainable development and an advocate for climate change, told CNA that ASEAN needed to expand on the Transboundary Haze Pollution Agreement from 2002, which establishes guidelines for collaboration and resource discussing in relation to the cloud.
Like Greenpeace, he advocated for Malaysia to enact its own laws, which would then be followed by other nations, and suggested that ASEAN part states hold their own organizations accountable for their operations abroad. & nbsp,
He cited Indonesia as an example, where it was recently revealed that 203 businesses had received warnings and 20 had been told to close as a result of their presence in the fires, including Indonesian company subsidiaries.
The Indonesian government could conjure any of those subsidiaries to provide an explanation regarding claims of flames on their agreement lands, he said. & nbsp,
In contrast to Singapore’s law, which purports to have power over institutions outside of the Republic, he emphasized that any such law may only apply to Malaysian businesses. The following are: & nbsp;
He noted that Indonesia had violated Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act and had not cooperated with the Republic in 2015. He said that each country would govern its individual businesses to ensure that they don’t interfere with those of another country and prevent any issues of independence.
Singapore had then looked into four Indian businesses in connection with starting or encouraging fires that led to unhealthful levels of cloud in the city-state.
According to Mr. Kiu, stricter business regulations would ultimately increase ASEAN agricultural products’ competitiveness in international markets because they would perform better in the areas of & nbsp, business, and human rights.
They would perform better in terms of environmental, social, and governance( ESG ) performance, which would make it easier for them to export into other markets. They would be able to complete an increasing number of ESG due diligence procedures from the standpoint of funding and investors, he said. The following are: & nbsp, , S & P,
According to Dr. Helena Varkkey, an associate professor of climate politics at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, ASEAN already has a framework in place for the cloud, but it was difficult to put it into practice. & nbsp,
She stated that having a arranging center to deal with the cloud and ensure uniformity in the information used to solve the problem, such as the air quality information, would be of utmost importance. In addition, & nbsp,
” You are in a situation where the Air Pollution Index ( API ) in Johor and Singapore’s pollution standards index ( PSIC ) have different readings. All of these issues need to be resolved, she said. & nbsp,