Unemployment and inflation hammer Turkish workers
Image credit; Press service of the President of the Russian Federation - Creative Commons Over 8 million Turkish people are now unemployed, according to the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions…
31st European Green Party Council: Securing a Green Recovery from COVID-19
From June 10 to 13, the Council of the European Green Party (EGP) came together for its 31st meeting, which took place online for the first time. During three days…
BREAKING: Green Party membership hits 50,000
Membership of the Green Party of England and Wales today hit 50,000. The party has seen rapid, continuous growth since the local elections held in May. And it marks the…
‘Eco-anxiety’ or ‘eco-trauma’: Malawian village sends message of hope
Young people in Malawi invite you to see climate change through their eyes: their village’s trauma in the wake of Cyclone Idai and how they are channelling their grief into…
Bold actions are needed to repair climate-induced loss and damage
Image credit: Creative Commons - Trocaire From increasingly severe droughts in Africa to extreme flooding in Asia, millions of people are already seeing their lives and livelihoods devastated by climate…
From South Africa to Burundi, colonialism is alive and well in the mining industry
Image credit: Nick Werren Platinum is a white-silver metal, it’s unreactive, and rare. Because of this, you can make jewellery out of it and sell it to people who wish…
Book Review: AngloArabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain by David Wearing
Image credit: US State Department Following the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Kashoggi, and against the backdrop of the relentless war in Yemen, Britain’s relationship with the Gulf is once…
Green wave in Poland – an interview with Miłka Stępień
Image Credit: YouTube screengrab We are experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change on a daily basis. Even the latest pledges made by governments to mitigate climate change— which are…
Dutch Greens double seats in polarised provincial elections
Image credit: Creative Commons, Groen Links GroenLinks, the Dutch green party, have doubled their seats in the country’s upper house following provincial elections which saw success for radical parties on…
Brazil, Sweden, Venezuela – Global Green news round up issue 2
January has been a busy month – from thousands of school children going on strike for the climate in Belgium to the Swedish Greens getting into government. So it hasn’t…