MALAYSIA

Klima Action Malaysia

Klima Action Malaysia (KAMY) is a climate justice movement led by youth in Malaysia. They believe that supporting vulnerable groups like Indigenous communities, women, and youth, nurturing meaningful partnerships, and strengthening constituencies across civil society organizations set the foundation for a people's led climate action.

KAMY's story

Since April 2019, KAMY has been powering a range of bottom-up strategies to empower the communities through multi-language advocacy, climate protests, capacity building workshops, community awareness to reach the broader demographic.

We must break the urban and western narrative of the climate discourse and nurture discussions centered on justice and human rights.

What they do

#MYCLIMATESTRIKE

Tracking all of KAMY's climate strikes in Kuala Lumpur throughout 2019. Organized with grassroots communities, civil societies, and students in Malaysia. The climate strikes have been attended by ~9,000 people.

Weaving Hopes for the Future

The project is an art and cultural response to the climate degradation and climate injustice around us, focusing on creating a space for Orang Asli (Indigenous) youths and women to participate meaningfully in climate action both locally and globally.

“Why the Climate Crisis is a Women’s Issue”

In conjunction with International Women’s Day, KAMY organised a panel discussion featuring Malaysian climate activists, researchers, and consultants to explain how the climate crisis impacts women disproportionately in Malaysia. KAMY also runs a woman-identifying led podcast dedicated to elevating concerns around the climate emergency in Malaysia: ALAMak! podcast.

Climate Emergency Coalition

Mobilizing the first climate emergency coalition in Malaysia together with more than 20 civil societies groups. This coalition aims to address the climate emergency in Malaysia and at the same time facilitate civil societies to increase understanding of the impact of the climate crisis on affected groups, and the work of NGOs and CSOs.

Southeast Asia Climate Alliance (SEACA)

KAMY with grassroots groups across the region have come together through SEACA to build a space for Southeast Asian climate activists to connect, organize, and learn from each other.

Climate journalism training

In 2022, Klima Action Malaysia (KAMY) with the support of the European Climate Foundation (ECF), launched Lensa Iklim, a climate journalism and energy journalism program in Peninsula Malaysia that aims to upskill and empower Malaysian journalists and mainstream news media to improve climate change and energy transition reporting. The program now is supported by Tara Climate Foundation.

Here's how Klima Action Malaysia has been using our Supporters donations:

  • Administrative costs - Website hosting costs, rent, Zoom premium, Restream, etc.
  • Supporting volunteers - KAMY’s content creation team and podcast team of 10 people have been working voluntarily for the past year. 98% of them are students, currently studying locally and abroad. Their scope of work include, researching, interviewing, curating digestible infographics, translating, and graphic design. Their work has immensely helped increase climate communication in Malaysia. Any amount of donation would motivate our team to work better and create more climate content.