Speakers will include senior representatives of ACT Alliance, the World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance members, and Indonesian civil society and churches.
They will explore the role of polarization in inhibiting climate justice, and what civil society and faith-based actors are and can do to improve the situation.
Speakers:
Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, general secretary, ACT Alliance
Erik Lysén, moderator, ACT Alliance Governing Board and director of Act Church of Sweden
Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary, World Council of Churches
Alissa Wahid, national director, Gusdurian Network Indonesia
Arshinta, director, YAKKUM Development and Humanitarian Programs
Brigita Ra Sekar Laras, Sustainability, Humanitarian and Inclusion, Yakkum Emergency Unit
Rev. Jacky Manuputty, general secretary, Indonesian Communion of Churches
Where: Royal Ambarrukmo Hotel and online
When: 29 October, 13h00-14h00, Indonesia time
Why: Faith actors and civil society represent a positive voice and presence to counteract the challenges of polarization on responding to the climate emergency, particularly as it pertains to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable people and communities around the world.
ACT Alliance interview with general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria