Malaysia’s three UNESCO water sites offer model for climate resilience

THE Government is leveraging three UNESCO ecohydrology demonstration sites to strengthen national water resilience and promote nature-based solutions in tackling climate-related water challenges.

Deputy Prime Minister II and Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said the sites — Putrajaya Wetlands, the Sustainable Stormwater Management Project at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), and the Bio-Ecological Drainage System (BIOECODS) at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) — reflected the country's efforts to integrate ecological functions into water management.

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