ACT Alliance Advisory Group On Climate Change Advocacy Meeting In Geneva

Advisory Group on Climate Change Advocacy (AGCCA) of ACT Alliance convened its first face to face meeting in Geneva on April 24-25, 2012.
AGCCA team
Latin America
Elena Cedillo, Diaconia-Peru, Peru
Angel Maria Ibarra, Salvadorian Lutheran Synod/Latin America Forum, El Salvador
Asia
Milton Bonik, Koinonia-Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Dr Christin P.Robert, Christian Agency for Rural Development, India
Europe
Mattias Söderberg, DanChurch Aid, Denmark
Thomas Hirsch, Bread for the World, Germany
Karine Baghdasaryan, Armenia Round Table, Armenia
Africa
Benson Ireri, ACT Kenya Forum/NCA Kenya, Kenya
Sophia Makoloma, Christian Aid – Malawi, Malawi
North America
Mary Minette, Evangelical Lutheran Churn of America, USA
    Suvi Virkkunen, ACT Alliance secretariat
    Isaiah Kipyegon Toroitich, Climate Policy and Advocacy Officer, ACT Alliance.
Other participants were Peter Rottach who is responsible for Community of Practice on DRR, Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Development, Karen Shack Andreassen from APRODEV, Dr. Guillermo Kerber who coordinates the work on climate change at the WCC.
John Nduna, ACT Alliance General Secretary, welcomed the meeting participants, stressing the importance of climate change advocacy for ACT Alliance. During this two day meeting the group discussed three strategic directions related to climate change defined by the ACT Alliance: low carbon emissions, adaptation and climate finance. Activity plans for 2012 were drafted.
Capacity building strategy for the advisory group and the Alliance was tackled, as well as budget and funding issues.
Mattias Söderberg and Benson Ireri were elected as co-chairs of the AGCCA.
The second face to face meeting of the group will take place in Doha, Qatar, in the end of the year.