#Ecocidelaw advocates Femke Wijdekop and Lammert Van Raan, have just published a book!
“Hope in Times of Ecocide” brings together the many religious, spiritual and indigenous voices calling for #ecocidelaw.
Buy it here (Dutch only)🔗 noordboek.nl/boek/ho...
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“Whereas a few years ago #ecocide was an obscure term, now it is on the lips of lawmakers across the world”
Learn about the movement for #ecocidelaw with this article from @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/uk/...
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Great to have the chance to speak at Economist Impact this week!
All too often, it is more costly to protect nature than to destroy it.
#EcocideLaw changes that through criminal accountability for mass harm to nature.
Learn more: stopecocide.earth/bu...
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Can #ecocidelaw stop the destruction of the Amazon?
Ep.2 of the #DefendingTomorrow podcast with environmental and criminal lawyer Paulo Busse is out now!
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
Listen here (& on major streaming platforms): defendingtomorrow.po...
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In #Barcelona recently at @uclg_org - a network of 240,000 local governments across 140 countries!
Stop Ecocide International's Lauren Banham shared how #ecocidelaw could restore trust in international law.
Learn more: www.stopecocide.earth/
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Are you on Substack?
Head to our page to find deep dives & insights from the #ecocidelaw movement!
🔗 stopecocide.substack...
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"Even within asymmetries, law constrains... This is the landscape in which #ecocidelaw is taking shape"
Writing for Int Policy Digest, Prof Damien Short analyses power dynamics underlying international law + efforts to criminalise #ecocide: intpolicydigest.org/...
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Heading to the Economist Impact’s summit in #London next week?
On Monday 2 March at 12:15 GMT, Stop Ecocide International’s Sue Miller, will be discussing the business implications of nature loss as part of a stellar panel.
Details here! 🔗 events.economist.com....
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"Large-scale destruction becomes possible only because smaller harms are repeatedly permitted"
Read the thought-provoking guest blog from the ESG and Data for Good Center of Excellence about how #ecocidelaw shifts societal attitudes: www.stopecocide.eart...
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Did you know there is now an international treaty criminalising ecocide-level offences?
Last year, the Council of Europe agreed a landmark convention on environmental crimes, the first international, legally-binding treaty of its kind.
🔗www.euronews.com/gre...
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Brilliant to see #EcocideLaw on the agenda at the World Forum on Democracy, Tech & Future of Humankind in #Berlin!
A diverse range of politicians, civil society leaders & others joined the panel discussion on criminalising #ecocide.
🔗www.stopecocide.earth
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“Recognition of #ecocide is pivotal for the effective enjoyment of #humanrights”
- Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
See who else is supporting #ecocidelaw: www.stopecocide.eart...
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#Ecocide = mass destruction of nature. The movement to CRIMINALISE ecocide is gaining global momentum.
Read Damien Gayle's The Guardian explainer: www.theguardian.com/...
Are you hopeful about #EcocideLaw progress?
Stay updated🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...
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Happening this Monday!🚨
Don't miss this ONLINE panel discussion about #ecocidelaw & similar emerging legal tools, hosted by QMSU for #ClimateActionWeek!
⏰ 6-8pm, Mon 23 Feb
📍 Online only
Register/ join online: www.stopecocide.eart...
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"The peatland is a national symbol of ecocide"
In a new guest blog, Mathieu Brien highlights the ecological threat posed by the expansion of a hazardous waste landfill on a precious peatland ecosystem in Blainville, Québec.
🔗www.stopecocide.eart...
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Could mass environmental damage soon be an international crime like #genocide? 🌎
Join this in-person event in #London on Thurs 5 March, for a conversation between Gerard Forlin KC & Jojo Mehta about #ecocidelaw!
Details/ registration: www.stopecocide.eart...
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"I am confident that through focussed work to progress at pace... the will of Parliament will be achieved"
- MSP Monica Lennon on Scotland's #EcocideLaw Bill progressing before May elections.
🔗 www.endsreport.com/a...
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Notable figures in ocean protection are calling for an international crime of #ECOCIDE.
Will you?
Learn more: www.stopecocide.eart...
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Upcoming panel event in #London🏙️
Don't miss this in-person panel discussion on #ecocidelaw & similar emerging legal tools, hosted by QMSU as part of #ClimateActionWeek!
⏰ 6-8pm, Mon 23 Feb
📍 @qmul.bsky.social
Details/ registration: www.stopecocide.eart...
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New @ipbes.net report demonstrates that severe environmental destruction is creating competitive advantage.
#EcocideLaw can improve competitive fairness for sustainable practices by setting a clear boundary for the worst harm.
IPBES report: www.ipbes.net/business-imp...
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“MSPs voted 90 to 26 to progress the #Ecocide bill, with the Scottish government supporting”
@TheEndsReport’s @tesscolley discusses the successful first stage vote on the proposal to criminalise mass harm to nature in Scotland.
🔗 www.endsreport.com/article/1947...
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In 2021, independent experts formulated a groundbreaking legal definition of ecocide. This definition is now being used as the basis for legislation worldwide.
About🔗 www.stopecocide.earth/legal-defini...
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"The destruction of nature has become the ultimate security threat of the 21st century"
Writing in EcoNews, Stop Ecocide International's Rodrigo Lledó explores the national security necessity of #EcocideLaw.
🔗 econews.global/de-amenaza-a...
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"The bill would make Scotland the first part of the UK to create the offence of #ecocide"
BBC News reports on the progress of @monicalennon.bsky.social's proposed #ecocidelaw in the Scottish parliament yesterday.
Story: bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Scotland moves one step closer to making history as MSPs vote to advance the #Ecocide (Scotland) Bill!
The bill would make Scotland the first UK nation to introduce #EcocideLaw.
Learn more: www.stopecocide.earth/bn-2025/scot...
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For years we have supported campaigns for ecocide to become a crime. Tmrw @scotparl.bsky.social has the opportunity to progress the Ecocide Bill, and we hope all parties support the principles
Read more in this @stopecocide.bsky.social @royalscotgeosoc.bsky.social piece
www.rsgs.org/Blog/ecocide...
Can #Italy seize a historic opportunity to advance #ecocidelaw?
A conference at John Cabot University in #Rome brought together experts to discuss Italy's transposition of the #EU's revised Environmental Crime Directive.
About the Directive: www.stopecocide.earth/2024/eu-parl...
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#Ecocide (ekocid) has been recognised as an established word in the Swedish language!
It was included in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista (SAOL), the authoritative reference for Swedish spelling and language use.
www.ecocidelawallian...
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“Scotland should lead by example”
David Attenborough’s cameraman, Doug Allan, has called on MSPs to back Scotland’s #Ecocide Bill in a crucial vote.
Daily Record story🔗 www.dailyrecord.co.u...
#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw Monica Lennon MSP
"States should support the inclusion of #ecocide in the statute of the International Criminal Court”
Dr Marcos Orellana, UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics & Human Rights calls for #EcocideLaw.
Read his report: www.ohchr.org/en/doc...
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