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

Tess Colley for Ends Report, 06/02/26

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

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

Anesha George for Hindustan Times, 16/01/26

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

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 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

Sophie Dembinski writes about ecocide law developments globally, including growing support among business and financial leaders.

Sophie Dembinski for Aldersgate Group, 04/11/25

This article unpacks the climate and ecological cost of war, including in Gaza and discuss how Ecocide Law could deter this harm.

Benjamin Neimark and Kate Mackintosh for The Conversation, 04/11/25

Indigenous rights advocate and climate expert Kaeden Watts discusses the role New Zealand could play in advancing an international crime of ecocide.

Kaeden Watts for The Spinoff, 03/11/25

“Criminalising ecocide is about recognising that when ecosystems collapse, so too do the conditions for human dignity.”

Icarus Complex, 22/10/25

Legal consultant Laura Barón Mendoza analyses how this year’s landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Change from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights strengthens the movement to prosecute ecocide - mass harm to nature - at the International Criminal Court.

OpinioJuris, 2/10/25

George Monbiot presents evidence that Israel is committing ecocide in Gaza and calls for international criminal accountability for the perpetrators.

The Guardian, 27/09/25

CEO of the Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, discusses ecocide law advocacy in Ghana and across Africa.

Modern Ghana, 27/09/2025