KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 19 -- A group of Malaysian professionals is calling on the public to act on the haze problem currently faced by the country by taking part in the Global Climate Strike this weekend.

The group, made up of doctors, lawyers, academics, social activists and economists, says that the global movement is the first chance that Malaysians are getting to take action on the crisis.

"The world will see an unprecedented 'strike' by children, youths and others to bring attention to the climate emergency that threatens to engulf all of humanity. It shouldn't take children to ask adults to fix the problems that adults created in the first place," it said in a statement here.

The group called for people to learn more about and get i...