THREE UK-Malaysia climate change projects received support from the British Council in the form of grants totalling RM166,000.
One of the partnerships that secured the A.R.C. Challenge Malaysia Grant are KLIMA Action Malaysia and Students for Global Health from the UK.
Their “Weaving Hopes for the Future” project is an arts and culture response to climate degradation with a focus on empowering Orang Asli youth about climate change and climate action.
Another grant recipient are partners neOOne Associates and SEA International CIC in Scotland. Their “Visioning the Future & Story Telling for Climate Change” project aims to help Malaysian and Scottish youth sharpen their storytelling skills to activate their plans and goals for climate change through a virtual impact festival.