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First UK-wide Climate Assembly set to meet in Birmingham

Parliament must define what constitutes domestic extremism

Green Peer Jenny Jones says the police should no longer be able to arbitrarily decide who is a domestic extremist

Green MEP Molly Scott Cato weighs up the Austrian Greens’ decision to go into coalition with the right-wing Austrian People’s Party

The decade of universal basic income

The last decade will be defined by the rise of universal basic income, says Green Peer Natalie Bennett

Spotlight

Q&A: Councillor Julian Dean

MEP candidate for the Eastern England region Catherine Rowett

MEP calls for decarbonisation of the East of England

MEP Catherine Rowett has published a report calling for the East of England to overhaul its energy system

A image of the European Parliament building with flags of EU states

European Parliament votes for Green Deal for Europe

Green MEPs have welcomed the European Parliament vote to support the EU Green Deal

UN calls for 30 per cent of oceans and land to be protected by 2030

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has published a set of proposals to restore biodiversity

Features

Youth climate strikers demand action to address the climate emergency.

An unstoppable wave of youth activism

Young Greens Campaigns Officer Tyrone Scott reflects on the Climate Strikes

Bushfires have devastated large swathes of Australia.

Australian bushfires should spur climate action

Alexandra Phillips MEP has called for individual and government action to curb the worst effects of climate change

Q&A: Councillor Dom Armstrong

Green World talks with Dom Armstrong, the first Green councillor to be elected to Sunderland City Council

Slimming down the fat cats

Green Party Co-leader Jonathan Bartley argues that no boss should be paid more than 10 times their company’s lowest earner

Air Quality

Aviation has its days counted

Diego Pedraza Lahoz, campaigner at Stay Grounded, considers the future of the aviation industry.

The fight against Heathrow expansion

Jenny Bates, campaigner at Friends of the Earth, explores the impacts of an expanded Heathrow

Sheffield city centre road with vehicles

Sheffield Greens: Clean air zone is missed opportunity

Sheffield City Council’s current proposals for a clean air zone won’t charge private cars

Protesters from Flyglarm Arlanda group walking with banner

Climate activists protest expansion of Swedish airport

Campaigners held up fuel delivery trains headed for Stockholm’s biggest airport

General election 2019

2019 general election: Greens increase vote share by 60 per cent

Whilst the Conservatives secured an overwhelming majority, the Green Party has achieved a significant gain in vote share, with over 850,000 voters backing its bold policies for transformative change.

Carla Denyer and canvassers in Bristol West

Bristol West: On the campaign trail with Carla Denyer

Green World joins the Bristol city councillor as she campaigns to turn Bristol West Green

Green Party manifesto launch November 2019

Green Party launches radical manifesto

Green Party launches manifesto to unleash green economic revolution and secure a People’s Vote

Carla Denyer and Caroline Lucas in Bristol

Greens to invest £12 billion a year in renewable energy revolution

The Green Party’s plans will see huge investment in wind energy and clean energy jobs.

Greens announce Carbon Chancellor plans outside Treasury

Green Party to appoint Carbon Chancellor

Greens will appoint a Carbon Chancellor to oversee the Green New Deal

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Greens should rethink our relationship with Labour after its disastrous defeat

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2019 general election: Greens increase vote share by 60 per cent

Australian bushfires should spur climate action

An unstoppable wave of youth activism

One in four children rejected for mental health treatment

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