Taking action at a critical climate turning point to seed regenerative futures

Sabah Climate Futures weaves an embodied understanding of the crisis, tending to interconnectedness amongst ecosystems as a key component of resilience as we frame the work through a sense that “the crisis is relational.”

We ground regenerative principles to re-imagine a future of Sabah that’s sovereign and rooted. Climate data projections empower us with insight and knowledge, supporting strategic thinking around climate. Yet, connection with community lives and the more-than-human foregrounds our conversations, seeding action from the core of our being.

Taking action at a critical climate turning point to seed regenerative futures

Sabah Climate Futures weaves an embodied understanding of the crisis, tending to interconnectedness amongst ecosystems as a key component of resilience as we frame the work through a sense that “the crisis is relational.”

We ground regenerative principles to re-imagine a future of Sabah that’s sovereign and rooted. Climate data projections empower us with insight and knowledge, supporting strategic thinking around climate. Yet, connection with community lives and the more-than-human foregrounds our conversations, seeding action from the core of our being.

Methane and Climate Awareness and Reduction Initiative in Sabah

Sabah, Malaysia’s largest oil producer, faces energy security challenges due to its heavy reliance on natural gas, which constitutes over 86% of its energy mix. In January 2024, Forever Sabah, in collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Energy Commission of Sabah (ECoS), initiated a Methane Awareness, Quantification and Reduction campaign. This initiative aims to address methane emissions in Sabah's oil and gas sector by enhancing stakeholder awareness, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and aligning policy development with the Sabah Energy Roadmap and Masterplan (SE-RAMP) 2040 and Malaysia’s Global Methane Pledge.

Sabah, Malaysia’s largest oil producer, faces energy security challenges due to its heavy reliance on natural gas, which constitutes over 86% of its energy mix. In January 2024, Forever Sabah, in collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Energy Commission of Sabah (ECoS), initiated a Methane Awareness, Quantification and Reduction campaign. This initiative aims to address methane emissions in Sabah's oil and gas sector by enhancing stakeholder awareness, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and aligning policy development with the Sabah Energy Roadmap and Masterplan (SE-RAMP) 2040 and Malaysia’s Global Methane Pledge.

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Sabah Renewable Energy Rural Electrification Roadmap (Sabah RE2)

To address energy poverty in Sabah, non-profit organisations joined forces to develop the Sabah Renewable Energy Rural Electrification (RE2) Roadmap, an action plan for 100% energy access in Sabah, which is home to 72% of Malaysia’s unelectrified rural population. Sabah RE2 aims to electrify 206 villages through renewable energy mini-grids, promoting sustainable livelihoods and enhancing climate resilience. By integrating solar, micro-hydro, and bio-waste solutions, the roadmap emphasizes equity, low-carbon development, and watershed stewardship, fostering transformative partnerships among communities and stakeholders.

To address energy poverty in Sabah, non-profit organisations joined forces to develop the Sabah Renewable Energy Rural Electrification (RE2) Roadmap, an action plan for 100% energy access in Sabah, which is home to 72% of Malaysia’s unelectrified rural population. Sabah RE2 aims to electrify 206 villages through renewable energy mini-grids, promoting sustainable livelihoods and enhancing climate resilience. By integrating solar, micro-hydro, and bio-waste solutions, the roadmap emphasizes equity, low-carbon development, and watershed stewardship, fostering transformative partnerships among communities and stakeholders.

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Human-Nature

Human-Nature is an initiative that began with the intent to name Culture & Arts as a focal area within Forever Sabah, culminating in ongoing dialogue with the British Council and other arts organisations to “embed arts and creativity in the environment emergency response.” Centering relationality as an approach, we acknowledge that the climate crisis interlocks with other areas of crises: social, political and/ or colonial. Our response requires a weaving of worlds – the arts, sciences and technology – to generate supportive dialogue, nurturing development of climate adaptation strategies that value various wisdom lineages, lived experience, and nourishes our sense of community and connection with both human and more-than-human.

Human-Nature is an initiative that began with the intent to name Culture & Arts as a focal area within Forever Sabah, culminating in ongoing dialogue with the British Council and other arts organisations to “embed arts and creativity in the environment emergency response.” Centering relationality as an approach, we acknowledge that the climate crisis interlocks with other areas of crises: social, political and/ or colonial. Our response requires a weaving of worlds – the arts, sciences and technology – to generate supportive dialogue, nurturing development of climate adaptation strategies that value various wisdom lineages, lived experience, and nourishes our sense of community and connection with both human and more-than-human.

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