One of the NGOs, the Protection of Natural Heritage of Malaysia (PEKA), said the memorandum would include a call for Putrajaya to impose a logging moratorium nationwide immediately.

Its president, Shariffa Sabrina Syed Akil, told FMT that the recent floods had highlighted the importance of protecting the environment, an issue which she said had been ignored by the government.

Putrajaya, she said, had been slow to react to climate change despite data warning of extreme weather patterns “piling up for years”.

“Their response is very poor and bordering on a point of no return. If you notice, their silence is deafening over climate change policies with the safety and future of people in mind,” she said.

Shariffa, who previously called for a ban on commercial logging to prevent devastating floods, hoped that the submission of the memorandum to the Palace would push the government to take matters seriously.

She also hoped that people would come out in force to join and support the event, which is scheduled to take place outside Istana Negara at 4pm.

She urged attendees to wear black, to symbolise the gloomy future that “is becoming bleaker” for the younger generation in view of the continuous destruction of the environment.

“If our government is silent while the destruction of nature continues, there will be no future for our children.”

Shariffa said they were counting on citizens to push for drastic action to be taken in order to help “mitigate, slow down, stop and reverse” the effects of global warming and climate change.