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EU Climate Diplomacy Week Video Feature –
“Is Climate Emergency Real?”

A screenshot from the video
feature “Is Climate
Emergency Real?"
As part of the ongoing partnership between the European campaign to foster dialogue and cooperation on climate
Union (EU) and Malaysia, the Delegation of the EU in change, showcase success stories and inspire further
Malaysia has been working on a video series on action. The video looks at the climate crisis in Malaysia and
sustainability and climate change. The 5 part video series the effective ways to address climate emergencies.
themed "Learn to Live Again: Steps Towards Sustainability"
showcases the impact of climate change and what can be Associate Professor Dr Varkkey was featured as one of the
done to help preserve the oceans, forests and climate. experts interviewed in this video, alongside other
prominent Malaysian climate activists and experts like
In conjunction with EU Climate Diplomacy Week, the EU Datin Seri Sunita Rajakumar (Chairperson of Climate
has launched the third video titled “Is Climate Emergency Governance Malaysia) and Fadly Bakhtiar (Programme
Real?". Climate Diplomacy Week is part of a global Director of EcoKnights).

International Symposium on Tropical Antarctic

Teleconnections (TATE)

By Dr Sheeba Chenoli

On 1 December 2022, Tropical Antarctic Teleconnections
(TATE), an international action group, celebrated
Antarctica day by organizing a symposium titled ‘Tropical
Antarctic teleconnection: understanding the linkages of
climate patterns.’

TATE is under the Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research (SCAR), an interdisciplinary body of the
International Science Council. TATE was formed during Symposium participants with the invited speakers
XXXIV SCAR Open Science Conference held in Kuala recognised for decades. Climatic teleconnections are
Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2016. Over the last six years, TATE receiving much interest these days because they play a
members have published notable papers, conducted significant role in global climate change, variability and
workshops and also organized sessions in scientific extreme weather. This symposium reviewed current
conferences. understanding of the processes linking Antarctica to the
tropics and vice versa, which are critical to the future
Over the last decades, there has been a significant increase trajectory of global climate change.
in the scientific understanding of the influences on the
Antarctic climate from the tropics and vice-versa. The This symposium was sponsored by TATE and jointly
importance of the linkages between tropical climate and organised by National Antarctic Research Center, UM-FASS
variability in the high latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere Climate Change Research Group, Universiti Malaya and
(SH), particularly over the Antarctic, has been Sultan Mizan Antarctic Research Foundation (YPASM).
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