An expert panel brought together by the Stop Ecocide Foundation proposed last June to amend the statutes of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and include ecocide alongside other international crimes such as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

By M. Apelblat for The Brussels Times / 11/12/2021

If ecocide were to be criminalised, we could not only punish mass polluters for the damage they cause, but also prevent the advent of new fossil fuel companies and projects.

By Nina de Ayala Parker for AlJazeera, 09/12/2021

In November, the world’s first global citizens’ assembly – made up of 100 people chosen by lottery from around the world – declared its recommended responses to the climate crisis at the UN climate conference COP26. Among these recommendations was that causing severe environmental destruction, or “ecocide”, should become a crime.

By Rachel Killean for The Conversation, 08/12/2021

The campaign to make ecocide an international crime took center stage in the Hague on Tuesday as Bangladesh, Samoa and Vanuatu advocated criminalizing environmental destruction during a virtual forum at the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court’s 123 member nations. 

By Katie Surma for Inside Climate News, 07/12/2021

¿Qué es un ecocidio y qué consecuencias podría tener? Actualmente un panel de 12 expertos trabaja para que este término sea reconocido por la CPI y que los autores de crímenes medioambientales sean juzgados. 05/12/2021

COP26 has refocused the world’s attention on climate action. And the continuing flurry of litigation suggests citizens are now more serious than ever about pressing those in positions of power to address the climate crisis.

By Ruth Green for International Bar Association,01/12/2021 

El ecocidio podría acelerar el fin de la época de los combustibles fósiles. Si se consigue incorporar este delito al Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI), muchas de las prácticas actuales (como el 'fracking') podrían llegar a su fin. 23/09/2021

Our planet is facing a war against the world. The enemy is within and has weaponised a nihilistic philosophy that includes globalism, greed and ignorance, all bound up in an unsustainable economic system: infinite growth in a finite world.

by Jason McCue for The Times, 18/11/2021

The UN climate change conference can be assessed as a success or a failure depending on if the glass is seen as half full or half empty. When it comes to legislation against ecocide, progress was largely under the radar.

by M. Apelblat for The Brussels Times, 16/11/2021

Support for the idea of recognising ecocide as a serious crime is growing faster than expected - and from some unexpected quarters.

By Catherine Early for Ecologist, 11/11/2021

Esa es la definición de la palabra greco latina "ecocidio", que hoy está adquiriendo cada vez más notoriedad en el mundo debido a la emergencia climática. 4/11/2021

The crime of ecocide should be enshrined in national and international laws and strictly enforced, according to a declaration handed over to world leaders at the COP26 climate summit.

By Ilona Amos for The Scotsman, 03/11/2021

Hosting COP26 requires Scotland and the UK to show global leadership, and it would be fitting to recognise in law the now authoritatively defined crime of ecocide.

OPED by Jojo Mehta in the COP26 Special Journal (page 24), 10/2021

On Tuesday, AllRise, a group of climate lawyers, asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro for his Amazon development policies. The lawyers say “crimes against nature are crimes against humanity.”

By Mike Corder for The Christian Science Monitor (CSM), 12/10/2021

The folks behind the push to make ecocide a crime say a global law would create real consequences for those who cause severe environmental harm, and this young Canadian is making their case ahead of the COP26 global climate conference next month.

By Morgan Sharp for Canada’s National Observer, 07/10/2021

Pope Francis and other religious leaders made a joint appeal on Monday for next month's U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) to offer concrete solutions to save the planet from "an unprecedented ecological crisis".

By Philip Pullella for Reuters, 04/10/2021

With legal and environmental experts pushing to criminalize the destruction of the environment, “ecocide” could have major consequences for both government and business. How could a new legal definition transform climate action?

Video by World Economic Forum, 22/09/2021

Few believe that just one person can change the world but if anyone came close, it was Polly Higgins.

By Alice Hinds for The Sunday Post, 20/09/2021

Maite Mompó, reconocida activista ambiental española, describe el arduo proceso que busca incluir la destrucción masiva de la naturaleza como delito internacional. 14/09/2021

As proliferating disasters starkly demonstrate, severe damage to the environment is a crime against everyone. Rather than leave it to regulation by individual states, the International Criminal Court should recognize “ecocide” as an international crime.

By Kate Mackintosh, Jojo Mehta, Richard Rogers for Project Syndicate, 31/08/2021