KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 -- Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has urged Environment and Water Minister Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man to convene a National Climate Change Conference for ideas to restore Malaysia's activism and leadership on climate change.

He criticised the Kubang Kerian MP for claiming that Malaysia was not included in the Leaders' Summit on Climate in the United States on April 22 and 23 because the country is not climate-vulnerable nor a big contributor to greenhouse gases (GHG), calling this unacceptable and dishonest.

"Tuan Ibrahim has shown himself to be inadequate to the task of providing the required leadership and expertise on climate change action. His explanation on why Malaysia was not invited has shown hi...