COMMENT | The government needs to invest RM30 billion over the next three years to regulate the water industry to respond to the global climate emergency.

The water and energy nexus are interlinked because significant water resources are crucial to developing new energy resources. For example, you need water to create hydropower.

The key is to ensure adequate water supply while creating carbon neutrality in both the treatment of drinking water and wastewater utilities.

Disappointingly, there was a lack of...