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A century ago, women activists planted an arboretum outside Bath. Only one tree survived – now it’s generating seeds for a new woodland and a new cause

A reality check July 13, 2021 When we were first able to view, and photograph, the Earth from space, our planetary perspective changed. Suddenly ‘home’ had a whole new meaning. Nowhere, as far as our technology has been able to discern, is there evidence of any planet like Earth – anywhere else that can sustain life as we know it. In its recent 11,700-year period of climatic stability, that is what our planetary home has done, facilitating the spread and technological advance of human c...

The definition is quite narrow. In order to be ecocide an action has to be either unlawful or wanton. This is a funny story. The greens are hot to have what they call an Ecocide Law. This new international law would make illegal a bunch of things they do not approve of. So now a green group, the Stop Ecocide Foundation, has produced a proposed law. The problem is it does not work. The things it makes illegal are already illegal. The things the greens want to make illegal it does not touch. It a...

#BTColumn – Ecocide as an international crime Article by July 4, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Small island states and countries with low-lying coast are the victims of ecocide. A draft law, unveiled on June 22, defines ecocide as “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and widespread or long...

The draft defines ecocide as "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." Mass environmental destruction, known as ecocide, would become an international crime similar to genocide and war crimes under a proposed new legal definition. The definitions unveiling last week by a panel of 12 lawyers from around the world marks a big first step in the global c...

Analysts believe a rising tide of climate litigation cases against heavy emitting businesses is merely scratching the surface of what is to be expected.

Mainstream Mainstream, VOL LIX No 12, New Delhi, March 6, 2021 To stop climate disaster, make ecocide an international crime. It’s the only way | Jojo Mehta and Julia Jackson Friday 5 March 2021 Outlawing ecocide would hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental negligence. We can’t wait 24 Feb 2021 The Paris agreement is failing. Yet there is new hope for preserving a livable planet: the growing global campaign to criminalize ecocide can address the root causes of the c...

Smoke rises from an illegally lit fire in an Amazon rainforest reserve in Pará State, Brazil. Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images The Paris agreement is failing. Yet there is new hope for preserving a livable planet: the growing global campaign to criminalize ecocide can address the root causes of the climate crisis and safeguard our planet – the common home of all humanity and, indeed, all life on Earth. Nearly five years after the ...

Courts summoned to rule on climate change 598 PARIS, Dec 29, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Frustrated with inaction on catastrophic global warming, citizens are hauling governments and big polluters before the courts calling for “climate justice”. Increasingly the cases invoke human rights, particularly the right to life. – Boom in lawsuits – The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University has counted more than 1,700 legal cases filed across the globe, with over 1,300 in the United ...

Bid to make ecocide a crime gains new momentum 3 published : 16 Dec 2020 at 11:45 Should deforestation be judged as an international crime? PARIS: Climate change, oil spills, deforestation. The injuries caused to the natural world by states and companies threaten whole ecosystems and imperil the environment that sustains life itself. But are they crimes? Many think that they are and the idea of criminalising "ecocide" is beginning to gain gr...