Malaysia

NDC Status

Malaysia submitted its third NDC in October 2025.

Key highlights from the NDC

• Malaysia’s third NDC includes a National Energy Transition Roadmap and highlights goals such as fossil-fuel subsidy reform, methane capture from waste/wastewater, and strengthened forests/land measures aligned with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (including conserving at least 20 percent of terrestrial areas and inland waters by 2030).
• Malaysia adopts an economy-wide absolute target covering all seven greenhouse gases and key sectors, aiming to peak emissions by 2030 and reduce 15-30 MtCO2eq by 2035 from peak levels.
• Malaysia’s third NDC strengthens the adaptation component by anchoring it to the first National Adaptation Plan and setting out priority actions for 2026-2035. It covers key sectors including managing water resources and security; mainstreaming sea level rise adaptation and protecting coastal resources; ensuring agriculture sustainability and food security; increasing resilience for infrastructure and cities; improving public health resilience; and protecting and conserving forests and biodiversity sustainably.
• The NDC also emphasizes strengthening early warning systems and disaster risk management, and a more structured approach to tracking adaptation progress through national monitoring and reporting.
• The NDC utilised a participatory process including subnational actors, NGOs, private sector, academia and youth, with gender-responsive engagement of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and collaboration with UNICEF on youth/children engagement.
• UNDP supported Malaysia’s third NDC development through climate modelling and projections, as well as stakeholder consultations at national and sub-national levels, and youth and private sector engagement.