On the 29th March, history was written on both sides of the Atlantic. In Brussels, the European Parliament unanimously proposed including “ecocide” into EU law while in New York, a UN resolution called for a legal Advisory Opinion on the obligations of states with respect to climate change. Read More →

 

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“Ecocide” means unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.

– Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide, June 2021

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