New EU "Ecocide" crime agreed. Perpetrators could face at least 10 years in prison while companies could be hit with fines as high as €40 million per offence.
By Katie Surma for Inside Climate News, 23/11/2023
The European Union has become the first international body to criminalise widescale environmental damage “comparable to ecocide.
By Isabella Kaminski for The Guardian, 17/11/2023
Although civil penalties exist for pollution, the proposed strong criminal law for the most serious damage to the environment, with proposed jail terms of between ten and 20 years for individuals and large fines for companies, would make anyone think twice before committing to a course of action which would cause serious harm to nature or the climate.
By Richard Dixon for The Scotsman, 15/11/2023
Big polluters could see 10% of their turnover seized while climate criminals could face up to 20 years in prison for wrecking the environment under plans tabled by a Labour MSP.
By David Bol for The Herald, 8/11/2023
By calling for international recognition of the crime of ecocide, to ensure lasting legal protection for all life on Earth, we would be changing the rules of the game within which the current model of capitalism operates.
By Tessa Clarke for BusinessGreen, 01/11/2023
Los escritores se unen a la campaña para denunciar los ecocidios. Maite Mompó y Rodrigo Lledó, de Stop Ecocidio, participaron junto a Ángel Juárez, presidente de Mare Terra Fundación Mediterrania-Red Internacional de Escritores por la Tierra (RIET), y Néstor Martínez, periodista ambiental de El Salvador, en un debate virtual. 18/10/2023
“Laudate Deum”, cómo sobrevivir al Ecocidio en la era del neoliberalismo.
El Papa Francisco: “Por más que se pretendan negar, esconder, disimular o relativizar, los signos del cambio climático están ahí”. 8/10/2023
'Rumbo al ecocidio', una guía para cambiar el destino de la humanidad: en el ámbito de la política internacional, defiende la creación de un Parlamento mundial “que abra canal de participación institucional a la sociedad civil”. Todo ello ha de estar amparado por el tablero judicial, incorporando el ecocidio como delito que pueda servir de herramienta para impedir por ley que las multinacionales continúen cometiendo “un crimen global de difícil restauración”. 4/10/2023
En G5 Noticias se hacen eco varios eventos con dirigentes ambientales y pobladores para analizar temáticas urgentes en la región de Valparaíso. Entre ellos, mencionan el evento que tuvo lugar el 28 de septiembre, en Concón, donde Rodrigo Lledó, de Stop Ecocidio, junto a otros participantes ofrecieron perspectivas y análisis y se expuso sobre el Tratado Escazú y el concepto de ecocidio. 02/10/2023
Camden has become the first council in the UK to call for ecocide to be recognised as a crime under international law.
The motion, which reportedly received cross-party support from councilors, calls for ecocide to be recognised as a crime which damages the environment and endangers the future of the planet.
By Dan Cody for the Evening Standard, 26/09/2023
… existing protections are severely limited. Many focus on illegal actions and regulating activity, which still leaves nature vulnerable to acts known to cause severe environmental harm without actually breaking laws.
By Environment Journal, 29/08/2023
While damaging the environment is already an offence in most countries, recognition of ecocide elevates the most egregious cases to a crime – with accompanying penalties. A growing number of countries are considering introducing laws to make ecocide a crime.
By Isabella Kaminski for The Guardian, 26/08/2023
La Federación de Empresarias y Profesionales de España BPW Spain aprueba la propuesta de la Asociación en Canarias y lanza la iniciativa #FrenaElEcocidio y solicita que se reforme el Código Penal español y se introduzca el delito de ecocidio. Además, en esta campaña utilizan la definición propuesta por el Grupo de Expertos Independientes convocado por la Fundación Stop Ecocidio. 25/08/2023
En Ecoticias se preguntan si será el ecocidio delito en la UE ya que nos encontramos en la fase final de las negociaciones para que los delitos que tienen el nivel de ecocidio sean incluidos en la Directiva de la Unión Europea sobre la protección del medio ambiente a través del Derecho penal. 23/08/2023
“The Greens have backed calls for a new “ecocide” law in Scotland to punish people guilty of mass environmental destruction. Labour MSP Monica Lennon is spearheading efforts to get the eco law on Holyrood’s statute books amid a global push for an international ecocide crime to hold planet killers to account.”
By Dan Vevers for Daily Record, 22/08/2023
“Businesses working to deliver a more sustainable economy would benefit in more ways than one if #ecocide was recognised as a crime, writes Triodos' Hans Stegeman.
It is essential to address the underlying political, economic and cultural drivers of
biodiversity loss and the mechanisms that encourage an extractive use of resources
and a destructive relationship with nature.”
By Hans Stegeman, Triodos Bank for BusinessGreen, 21/08/2023
“Plans for a groundbreaking new "#ecocide" law in Scotland to punish those who destroy nature have been hailed by campaigners.If backed by MSPs, Scotland could become one of the first countries in the world to establish a specific crime for mass environmental damage and destruction - such as deforestation or oil spills.”
By Dan Vevers for Daily Record, 21/08/2023