Blog post by Adrian Shaw

About the author :

Adrian Shaw is the climate change officer for the Church of Scotland and secretary of Eco-Congregation Scotland.

He is responsible for co-ordinating work across the Church of Scotland on climate change. This includes proving support to Eco-Congregation Scotland, liaising with churches in Scotland and beyond, working with committees and councils of the Church of Scotland to raise awareness and action on climate change.

He is secretary of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) Environmental Issues Network and a member of the Climate Change Working Group of the World Council of Churches.

He previously spent twenty five years in local government in London and the West of Scotland. He has been a member of the Board of Friends of the Earth Scotland, the Scottish Council of WWF and the board of Stop Climate Chaos Coalition Scotland. He holds degrees in geography from the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto. He is a member of the Church of Scotland in the parish of Avich and Kilchrenan in Argyll.