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As swathes of the UK are once more submerged beneath rising flood waters, fingers are again brandished at politicians and the inadequate response to the flooding. But no amount of flood barrier can resist the rising tide of the climate crisis. Green Party Deputy Leader Amelia Womack says we need to take a more ecologically conscious approach to flood prevention, that tackles the climate emergency and restores natural flood defences.

Greens should rethink our relationship with Labour after its disastrous defeat

Green MEP Molly Scott Cato argues that Greens should challenge Labour MPs who don’t support electoral reform

Forest of Dean declares Biodiversity Emergency

Green Councillor Nicky Packer tells of how the council passed a declaration recognising the urgent need to protect biodiversity

Natalie Bennett in parliamentary office.

Making pensions transparent

Green peer Natalie Bennett explains the proposed changes to the Pensions Schemes Bill

Opinion: Time for Humanism to turn back to nature

Cath Sutherland calls for a an Eco-humanism that encompasses environmental values

We must adapt to climate decline

Rupert Read says that Greens must now focus on adaptation to climate degradation after Tory election win

Fishing discard ban: a failure of enforcement

Green Peer Natalie Bennett criticises government oversight of UK fishing industry

Leave a light on for us

Green MEPs reflect on their time in the European Parliament as the UK leaves the EU

Q&A: Councillor Lesley Whybrow

Green World talks with Folkestone and Hythe district councillor and leader of the council’s Green group, Lesley Whybrow

The double standard of deportation

“What is it if not unjust to punish a human being twice over, who had already served their sentence following conviction, by returning them to a foreign land as foreign to them as to us?”...

Shahrar Ali |

Justice

Politics

Society

International

| Wed 19 Feb 2020

Delaying the release of terrorists just delays the problem

Following the stabbing attack in Streatham earlier this month, the government is now fast-tracking the Terrorist Offenders Bill – emergency legislation that will end the automatic early r...

Jenny Jones |

Policy

Justice

UK Government

| Tue 18 Feb 2020

Pesticides: A chance for change?

“However, what are the chances of achieving anything at all, at this “pivotal moment”, with a prime minister who doesn’t “get climate change”?” As the UK leaves the EU, it will also leave...

Catherine Rowett |

| Fri 7 Feb 2020

Justice unfunded is justice denied

The underfunding of legal aid has not only caused young lawyers to leave the profession, but has left vulnerable defendants without adequate support. Following the All-Party Parliamentary...

Natalie Bennett |

Equality

Justice

Policy

| Tue 4 Feb 2020

Q&A: Councillor Sean MacLeod

Green World talks with Lewes district councillor Sean MacLeod.

Local Government

Green Party

Policy

| Tue 4 Feb 2020

The joy of wetlands

“Wetlands are essential to tackling the twin threats of the ecological and climate emergencies.” Following World Wetlands Day on 1 February, Green Party Deputy Leader celebrates the UK’s ...

Amelia Womack |

Wildlife

Environment

Green Party

| Mon 3 Feb 2020

What now for Remain?

“I believe the best way to ensure maintaining alignment with EU standards is for all those of us who are pro-European to campaign to remain in the Single Market. Brexit isn’t done. We sti...

Molly Scott Cato |

| Fri 31 Jan 2020

HS2 must be stopped

“With the final costs now put at £106 billion, HS2 needs to be stopped and Parliament needs to get some answers about how the money might be spent more effectively, without the huge envir...

Jenny Jones |

| Thu 30 Jan 2020

Disaster-induced displacement and the inequalities of the climate crisis

“The climate crisis both reinforces and perpetuates global inequalities and the tumultuous consequences are already emerging.” Holly Barrow, Political Correspondent for the Immigration Ad...

Holly Barrow |

Climate Change

Society

Equality

| Thu 30 Jan 2020

Are young activists being taken seriously?

“This message is being spread loud and clear by youth activists, yet they are being completely ignored by those with the power to do something about it.” Despite the prominence of young c...

Jack Walton |

| Tue 28 Jan 2020

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