Reports on the Scottish parliament’s vote to advance Monica Lennon’s ecocide bill.

Tess Colley for Ends Report, 06/02/26

Stop Ecocide International's Americas Director, Rodrigo Lledó, discusses the stark warning from UK intelligence services: the destruction of nature now poses an urgent national security threat.

Rodrigo Lledó for EcoNews, 05/02/26

In the first stage of voting on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, parliamentarians overwhelmingly voted to back the general principles of the legislation, BBC News reports.In the first stage of voting on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, parliamentarians overwhelmingly voted to back the general principles of the legislation, BBC News reports.

BBC News, 05/02/26

David Attenborough’s cameraman, Doug Allan, calls on parliamentarians to back Scotland’s Ecocide Bill ahead of a crucial vote.

Dan Vevers for Scottish Daily Record, 01/02/26

Argues that civil and administrative penalties are inadequate to prevent the worst environmental harms globally.

Kariuki Muigua & Company for The Lawyer Africa, 31/01/26

Stop Ecocide International’s CEO and co-founder, Jojo Mehta, discusses the new national security assessment produced by the UK's intelligence community, which identifies ecosystem collapse as a direct threat to security and prosperity.

Jojo Mehta for Earth.org, 29/01/26

An interview with Stop Ecocide International’s Jojo Mehta about the publication of the UK’s national security assessment, identifying ecosystem destruction as a major security threat.

Stefanie Schüler for Radio France Internationale, 26/01/26

El Tiempo Argentina investigates the rapidly growing movement to criminalise ecocide in Argentina, where numerous lawmakers are now endorsing the idea.

Verónica Benaim for El Tiempo Argentino, 17/01/26

Anesha George explores the global push for ecocide law, including at the International Criminal Court.

Anesha George for Hindustan Times, 16/01/26

Economist Rafael Kemelmajer argues that when ecosystems are destroyed, they become fiscal liabilities and supply shocks.

Rafael Kemelmajer for EcoNews, 09/01/26

The OBA explores how criminalising ecocide can deter harm where regulations too often fail.

Maryama Farah for Ontario Bar Association, 09/01/26

Dame Eleanor Sharpston (former Advocate General, European Court of Justice) & Monica Schüldt (co-founder, Ecocide Law Alliance) argue that the criminalisation of ecocide, would change corporate decisionmaking at the highest level, deterring the worst harms to the Earth before they occur.

Dame Eleanor Sharpston and Monica Schüldt for Law.com, 05/01/26

The Wave reports on the publication of the International Criminal Court’s new policy paper on addressing environmental harm.

Isabella Kaminski and Molly Quell for The Wave, 18/12/25

The Brussels Times discusses the significance of the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor’s new policy on addressing environmental damage through the Rome Statute.

Mose Apelblat for The Brussels Times, 15/12/25

A groundbreaking research project on ecocide has secured nearly €2m in EU funding via the European Research Council (ERC). 

Gemini Editorial Team for Gemini, 09/12/25

Scottish government minister Gillian Martin has expressed support for the general principles of Monica Lennon’s proposed ecocide legislation.

Dan Vevers for Daily Record Scotland, 07/12/25

Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, Gillian Martin, endorsed the general principles of Scotland's proposed Ecocide Bill in evidence to the parliamentary Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.

PA News for Inverness Courier, 02/12/25

In an article written by Sophie Hurwitz, translated into Spanish by Climática, the author explains that the environmental destruction in Gaza must be classified as ecocide, an illegal act that should be defined as an international crime.

Sophie Hurwitz for Climatica, 18/11/25

An article published in the Mexican newspaper El Sur explains the proposal by the Stop Ecocide Foundation's Independent Expert Panel to classify ecocide as an international crime.

Octavio Klimek Alcaraz for El Sur, 15/11/25

In Italy, a landmark ruling imposed criminal sanctions on major polluters for the first time, but what could this mean for Ecocide Law in the UK and globally?

David Burrows for Ends Report, 12/11/25