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Greens gain seats in U.K. local elections

Posted 5 May, 2012
In local elections across the United Kingdom, the Green Party is celebrating progress after adding new councillors and defending existing seats in England and Scotland, including retaining seats on the London Assembly, Norwich and Glasgow City Councils and doubling the number of city councillors in Edinburgh.
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Global Greens Congress Resolutions - Dakar 2012

Posted 4 April, 2012

Delegates to the Global Greens Congress in Dakar, Senegal passed close to 40 resolutions during the final plenary session on 1 April, 2012.

Please note that the pdfs available from these links contain provisional versions of the resolutions.  These are subject to language to improvements in accordance with procedures adopted by the Congress.

The key resolutions are:

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Dakar 2012 Global Greens Congress wrap up

Posted 1 April, 2012
Around 600 Greens from 76 countries attended Dakar 2012, the third ever Global Greens Congress - and the first in Africa. Meeting in the Senegalese capital of Dakar between 29 March to 1 April, delegates tackled issues such as solidarity, democracy, biodiversity, climate change and the future of the Global Greens movement, and adopted a series of resolutions to pave the way to a stronger and even more cohesive green politics worldwide.
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Events in Senegal

Posted 1 February, 2012

6 March
The run-off election has been set for Sunday 25 March, with results due on 28 March. We are evaluating the implications for the Congress which begins on 29 March and will provide another update before the end of the week.

2 March
President Abdoulaye Wade and second-placed opposition candidate Macky Sall will contest a run-off Presidential election in mid-March. The first round of the election was completed peacefully on Friday with Wade gaining 35% and Sall 27% of the vote.

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2012: Year of the Global Greens Congress

Posted 16 January, 2012

The third Global Greens Congress takes place in Dakar, Senegal, from Thursday 29 March to Sunday 1 April 2012. In the days beforehand, Global Young Greens will hold their third Congress, there will be a Rio+20 NGO forum, and side meetings of Greens from Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas. Together this is Dakar 2012.

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Dakar 2012: ¡en 100 días mas | Plus que 100 jours | 100 days to go!

Posted 22 December, 2011

Global Greens 2012 Congress in Dakar, Senegal, 29 March – 1 April.  Update in English, French and Spanish. Register.  Donate.  Apply for support.  Keep up to date with Dakar 2012.

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Greens win a record 14 seats in New Zealand parliament

Posted 26 November, 2011
In a breakthrough election that saw the Greens win 11.06% of the party vote, their highest percentage ever, the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand won 14 seats in New Zealand's 121 seat parliament on November 25.
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Green elected to City Council in Canada's Third Largest City

Posted 24 November, 2011
Green Party of Canada Deputy Leader Adriane Carr was elected to the Vancouver City Council on November 19th. Carr co-founded the first Green Party in North America, the BC (British Columbia) Green Party, in 1983 and has played a leading role in the development of the Greens in Canada ever since. Her election follows that of Elizabeth May, the first Green elected to the Canadian parliament, from the British Columbia riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands in May of 2011.
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African Greens Academy

Posted 15 July, 2011
Over 40 delegates from 13 countries attended the African Greens Academy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on the 25th and 26th June. As well the strategic development of the African Green Federation (AGF) and the AGF’s contribution as hosts of the upcoming Global Greens Congress
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Brighton Goes Green: First Green-led city council in the UK

Posted 5 May, 2011
In the British seaside city of Brighton, Greens won 33% city wide and 23 seats in May 5th elections to achieve the first Green Party-led city council in UK history. The party's local manifesto "A Fresh Start for a Fair City" was headed by a pledge to resist the service cuts and privatisation imposed by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat national coalition government. This same area helped elect Caroline Lucas as the first Green to the House of Commons in 2010.
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