Kuala Lumpur, May 7 -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must consolidate partnerships on climate action across all sectors to promote sustainable development growth amidst complicated geopolitical landscapes across the globe, according to a Malaysian official. In a pre-recoded keynote address at the Financing Asia's Transition Conference on May 7, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad stressed that unified actions across ASEAN are necessary following the US's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and its tariff plans that could affect climate change response efforts. No country can face the climate crisis alone but together ASEAN can lead, he stressed, given the bloc's abundant na...