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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. 

Press conference: A challenging climate: how political polarisation is contributing to climate breakdown - ACT Alliance news release, 28 October 2024

ACT Alliance interview with general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria