Promoting Low Carbon Development in Johor Bahru
The climate is changing. Low carbon development is an approach to reducing carbon dioxide emission and mitigating global warming. Human activities in cities produced 78% of global carbon emission. This is because most cities rely heavily on fossil fuel-based energy. Low carbon development refers to ways of shaping economic growth so that greenhouse gas emissions can be kept to levels that can be absorbed by nature. Low carbon development involves a push towards simpler lifestyles that rely on environmentally friendly technologies. Hello, my name is Isiaka Adeyemi Abdul-Azeez, and I'm a research scholar with the MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program. In this video, I will discuss why and how low carbon development is proceeding in the second largest city in Malaysia, Johor Bahru. The city is in the Iskandar Malaysia region, which has announced a goal of reducing carbon emission by 58% by year 2025. I will reflect on some of the city's achievements and the cha...