The 34th European Green Party Council happening on 1-4 December is fast-approaching! Our resolutions put into writing our common positions after in-depth discussions among the Greens and are voted on by the EGP full member parties at our Councils.

Green leaders gathered in Glasgow for COP26, the climate summit that coordinates the global response to the climate crisis. For the first time, over 100 Greens including young climate activists and members of the Global South were part of the observer delegations, and 7 Green climate ministers were part of the negotiations.

As part of the Green Screen project, which engages citizens in contemporary issues through films and debates, we explored how the recovery could lead us to more fair and just societies where everyone has equality of opportunity. This month, we featured the film 'When Tomatoes Met Wagner' and held a debate on the agricultural sector and food.

European Greens Co-Chair Thomas Waitz was in Poznań, Poland, on Friday 15 October as part of the Polish Green Recovery Tour which underlines the need for post-COVID-19 recovery to contribute to a just and sustainable ecological transition. Organised by the European Green Party in cooperation with the Polish Greens (Partia Zieloni), the tour is held in 16 cities in Poland.

Evelyne Huytebroeck, Co-Chair of the European Greens, and Vula Tsetsi, Secretary General of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament and Committee Member of the European Greens, visited Greece last weekend to discuss the climate, biodiversity and refugee crises.

As part of The Green Screen project in which we explore films and debates for a better future, we explored education as a tool for bettering communities and providing equality of opportunity. Last month, we featured the film 'Children of Chance' which follows the lives of 11-year-old students with an immigrant background coming to the end of their primary school education.

The 2021 European Ideas Lab brought together Green decision-makers and activists to discuss the most pressing climate and biodiversity issues in Europe in Milan and online! It is part of a long-term effort to foster dialogue and collaboration between Green politicians and activists.

Today's challenges, such as the climate crisis, corruption and poverty, are increasingly European and global. Annalena Baerbock is campaigning for a strengthened, crisis-proof and effective European Union.