The Human Face of the Climate Emergency

During the Season of Creation and in advance of COP26, the Commission for Caritas, Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh will consider the human face of the climate emergency during this mini-colloquium.

The event will focus on:

• the disruptions in the climate that are driving people to become refugees
• hearing from people for whom this is the present reality
• the current refugee situation in Scotland
• how we can respond

The event will be led by commission members Agatha Kai Kai and Mike Mineter.

Agatha Kai Kai is a Trustee of the Refugee Survival Trust (RST) whose mission is to minimise destitution among refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. She is a member of the St Columba’s Justice and Peace group and represents the parish in the Newington Churches Together Committee.

Mike Mineter has been active in Justice and Peace groups for years, now mainly focusing on groups seeking ecological justice, working for a just future for all in Palestine/Israel and campaigning for morally responsible investment. He is a member of the Iona Community and works as the computing expert in a climate research group at the University of Edinburgh.