Kuala Lampur, Oct. 14 -- Umno MP Khairy Jamaluddin has chided Pakatan Harapan (PH) today for not addressing climate change in Budget 2020, despite dedicating a ministry to the global emergency.

In his speech debating next year's national budget in Parliament today, the shadow finance minister called the decision an "abject silence" over the worrying problem, even as the world is rallying to raise awareness of it.

"In September, the entire whole was shaken over climate strike. There was not even a word from the Pakatan Harapan government on climate change," he said.

Khairy said even the mention of electric buses in the Budget seemed to be an afterthought, considering there was no mention of among others cleaning up the ocean and conserv...