The changing climate The World Meteorological Organisation says the world is getting warmer and the higher temperatures are already exacting a toll this year, with heavy rainfall and flooding in some countries, and extreme drought in others. Locally, the four mini-twisters which tore through rural Kedah and the one which ripped up roofs in Klang, Selangor, might well portend the weather extremities to come.
It has been a year marked by widespread deforestation, unpredictable weather, wildlife poaching and potentially destructive development schemes.
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