Abstract—This article provides an overview and trends of energy demand and supply as well as GHG emissions in Malaysia. With the rapid expansion of its population and economic growth, energy demand is continuously increasing and energy consumption has been increased by 51.2% from 29,699 kilotones of oil equivalent (ktoe) in 2000 to 44,901 ktoe in 2008. In terms of commercial energy supply, natural gas (43%) and crude oil & petroleum (40%) supplied the majority of energy that was combinely 83% of the total supply in 2008. Instead, the energy sector contributed 66% of GHG emission in 2000 while land use change and forestry, waste, agriculture and industrial processes contributed 13%, 12%, 3% and 6% respectively. Average annual increase of CO 2 emission is higher than the increase in final energy demand, supply as well as the rate of GDP growth. Both the GHG and CO 2 emissions per capita in Malaysia are much higher compared to the global average. Therefore, extensive mitigation strategies are necessary to reduce the GHG emissions which can promote sustainable energy use as well as the environmental sustainability. Keywords—Energy demand, energy supply, GHG emission, GDP and Malaysia. I. INTRODUCTION ALAYSIA is one of the fastest-growing economies in the developing world. The country’s development transition has been started since the 1970s. Malaysia has experienced rapid transformation from agriculture based economy to industrialization, as well as population expansion, higher GDP growth and a significant rise in GHG emissions. With the expansion of it’s population and GDP, energy demand is continuously increasing over time. The amount of energy consumption has been increased by 51.2% from 29,699 kilotones of oil equivalent (ktoe) in 2000 to 44,901 ktoe in 2008 [1]. Md. Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar, Ph.D. Candidate, Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI), Institute of Environment and Development (LESTARI) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia (Corresponding author email: skabir_bau@yahoo.com) Rawshan Ara Begum, Associate professor, Institute of Climate Chnage (IKP), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia (rawshan@ukm.my) Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Professor, Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute (SEADPRI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia (joy@ukm.my) Abdul Hamid Jaafar, P rofessor, Faculty Economics and Management (FEP), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia (ahamid@ukm.my) Along with the increasing rate of energy consumption, GHG emission per capita has also been increased over the year. According to the Second National Communication (NC2), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Malaysia has been increased by 55% in 2000 as the comparison in 1994, and it has included in the list of 30 biggest greenhouse gas emitters [2]. In case of CO 2 emissions, it was 7.70 metric tons per capita in 2008 which was much higher than the global average (4.63) [3]. Malaysia has placed 27 th positions in the world according to CO 2 emission where Malaysia produced 0.7% of the global CO 2 emission [4]. Moreover, according to the Human Development Report 2011, Malaysia has placed the worst position among the South East Asian countries because of producing highest emission of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas. This situation calls for Malaysia’s attention to concentrate a match between energy demand and GHG emission with a view to sustainable energy use and environmental consideration. Thus, this article aims to provide an overview and trends of energy demand, supply and GHG emission scenario of Malaysia including a comparative analysis with its GDP growth. II. ENERGY DEMAND BY SECTOR Energy sector is playing a major role in the Malaysian economy by running the wheel of industries and transports. In terms of energy demand by sector, the industrial sector dominated the energy use with 43% share, followed by transport (36%), residential & commercial (14%), non-energy use (6%) and agriculture (1%) as shown in figure1. In terms of volume, the amount of energy consumed increased by 51.2% from 29,699 kilotones of oil equivalent (ktoe) in 2000 to 44,901 ktoe in 2008 [1]. However, it can be mentioned that the transport sector was the main user of energy in 2000. In Malaysia, the transport sector was the largest consumer of energy accounting for 40.6% of the total final commercial energy demand in 2000, followed by the industrial sector (38.4%) and the residential and commercial sector (13.%). Final energy demand was 29,699 ktoe in 2000 and 44,268 ktoe in 2007 growing at an average rate of 6.1%. All sectors exhibited growth in energy consumption. It is expected in Ninth Malaysia Plan that demand of all sectors will be increased by over 6% during the 2006-2010 period. Table I shows the trend of Final Energy Demand by sectors (See in Appendix I). Trends of Energy Demand and Supply as well as GHG Emissions in Malaysia Md. Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar, Rawshan Ara Begum, Joy Jacqueline Pereira, and Abdul Hamid Jaafar M 2nd International Conference on Agricultural, Environment and Biological Sciences (ICAEBS'2013) Dec. 17-18, 2013 Pattaya (Thailand) 89