“ECOCIDE”
is a word to describe what is happening to our planet; the mass damage and destruction of the natural living world. It literally means “killing one’s home”.
And right now, in most of the world, no-one is held responsible.
It’s time to change the rules. It’s time to protect our home.
We are working, together with a growing global network of lawyers, diplomats, and across all sectors of civil society, towards making ecocide an international crime.
A public consultation running until Friday 9 February 2024 seeks the public’s views on plans to make Scotland the first UK nation to criminalise ecocide. This is a crucially important opportunity to directly influence the legislative process.
Wherever you are in the world, you can make your voice heard.
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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