Meeting description: To discuss current issues of concern to the Church of Scotland in particular: To call for Scotland to be a Net Zero carbon emissions nation by 2050 and ask Members of Parliament to bring this about within the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill. To highlight the urgent need to reduce child poverty in Scotland; to reiterate the Church of Scotland's membership of the 'Give Me Five' Campaign to top up child benefit and discuss what steps could be taken to reduce child poverty in the immediate future. To ask for a renewed commitment to Refugee Resettlement in the UK after 2020 and seek commitments to raise this issue at a UK level.
Topic label: Climate