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We caught up with two of the key persons of the GroenLinks campaigning team. Discover the precious hints we gathered on how to successfully run an election campaign.

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We just had a joint European and Global Green Congress in Liverpool, which represented the biggest gathering of Green representatives ever in history.

We caught up with the Global Greens' Convenor Margaret Blakers and the Lead representative of the European Green Party for the Global Greens Evelyne Huytebroeck to chat about the joint activities, campaigns and how to build and raise awareness of the common global challenges.

Marco Affronte is the first Italian Member of the European Parliament to join the Greens | EFA group in the course of this legislature.

We had a chat with him regarding his priorities and his relationship with the Italian and European Greens.

The #DivestEurope podcast series explores the fossil fuel divestment movement. This is where financial investments are withdrawn (divested) from activities that support the fossil fuel industry, in an attempt to reduce climate change.

The first interview in the series was held with Jeremy Burke, a green finance expert. He spoke to us about how to divest from fossil fuels, and what to invest in instead.

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The Fossil Free 2016 podcast series explores the fossil fuel divestment movement. This is where financial investments are withdrawn (divested) from activities that support the fossil fuel industry, in an attempt to reduce climate change.

The fifth interview in the series was held with Mathias Balcaen, an activist with 350.org, the leading NGO when it comes to the issue of divestment from fossil fuels. He spoke to us about how to get involved in the divestment movement on a voluntary basis and what the first, easy steps for a local divestment campaign could be.

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The Fossil Free 2016 podcast series explores the fossil fuel divestment movement. This is where financial investments are withdrawn (divested) from activities that support the fossil fuel industry, in an attempt to reduce climate change.

The fourth guest to discuss the issue with us was Sebastien Godinot, an economist at WWF's European Policy Office. He outlined legislative possibilities in Europe to foster divestment from fossil fuels and to make the shift towards a Green financial system.

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