The term “ecocide” first emerged during the Vietnam War, used to describe the destructive environmental consequences of the defoliant Agent Orange. After featuring in United Nations talks during the following decades, by 1998, ecocide had been proposed as an international crime against peace in a draft of the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the ICC.

By Fermín Koop for Diálogo Chino, 16/01/2024

There is "a clear legislative direction of travel" in several national jurisdictions, at a regional level in the European Union and even at a global level, where progress is made "towards the recognition of #ecocide ."

By EuroNews, 15/01/2024

While several climate activists have been sent to prison for their involvement in disruptive protests, legislation is now also being strengthened to impose criminal sanctions on individuals found responsible for large-scale environmental damage.

By Claudia De Meulemeester for SustainableViews, 11/01/2024

Ecocide law gives us the opportunity to bridge the gap between what existing legal instruments can achieve and what the science is telling us must be done.

By Professor Kristin Vala Ragnarsdóttir and Professor Eleanor Sharpston KC for Ecologist, 20/12/2023

Humans have this deep separation from nature, that gives us a kind of cultural inability to recognize the severity of what it means when we harm the natural world. We have a large number of environmental laws around the world, and what we’re seeing is that they’re not effective or adequate to address global, ecological, and climate crisis.

By Matthew Green for DeSmog, 8/12/2023

The Scottish Government has been urged to show “much-need global leadership” at COP28 and harness its work on loss and damage into efforts to tackle ecocide.

The appeal comes after delegates unexpectedly agreed to set up a global loss and damage fund on the first day of COP28 in Dubai, with at least $400m pledged so far.

By David Bol for The Herald, 1/12/2023

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

The ecocide legislation would make Scotland the first part of the UK to incorporate a crime of ecocide - defined as "unlawful or wanton acts" which cause widespread environmental damage.

By BBC News, 8/11/2023

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

… Rome Statute must be amended to recognise a stand-alone crime that aims to prevent and punish the most severe harm to nature — ecocide.

By Richard J. Rogers and Moneim Adam for euronews, 26/10/2023

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

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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

An amendment to the Rome Statute could have a ‘catalysing’ impact across nations to formulate their own laws; individual nations enshrining ecocide in their legislation could, in turn, build up pressure on the ICC.

By Saumya Kalia for The Hindu, 04/09/2023

… 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