"The Ecocide (Scotland) Bill would create a new offence of 'causing severe environmental harm either intentionally or through recklessness'.

Andrew Learmonth for Herald Scotland, 29/05/25

“The proposed law, which would be the first of its kind in the UK, is designed to put a class of environment offences known as ecocide on a similar legal footing to other grave crimes such as murder.”

Severin Carrell for The Guardian, 29/05/25

Professor Kate Mackintosh, ecocide law expert and Executive Director of the UCLA Promise Institute in Europe, discusses Monica Lennon’s Ecocide Bill.

BBC Radio Scotland with Kate Mackintosh, 29/05/25

“In recent years, a global campaign has been running to recognise ‘ecocide’ – an act of violence which is to nature as genocide is to people – as a crime under international law.”

Damien Gayle for The Guardian, 28/05/25

“Sir David Attenborough’s award-winning cameraman has backed groundbreaking legislation being published at Holyrood this week which would outlaw “ecocide” in Scotland.”

Dan Vevers for Sunday Mail, 25/05/25

“The term ‘ecocide’ does not appear in the text of the Convention, but campaigners like Stop Ecocide International say most conduct described as ‘ecocide’ will be criminalised under provisions dealing with particularly serious offences.”

Irish Legal News, 15/05/25

“The Council of Europe has just adopted an international treaty which will help member countries to tackle serious environmental crime. States will now be able to prosecute intentional acts that result in environmental disasters that are akin to ecocide.”

Rosie Frost for Euronews, 14/05/25

“Scotland’s ecocide laws could result in public bodies such as councils and water companies facing criminal prosecutions, the MSP bringing forward the legislation has suggested.”

David Bol for The Scotsman, 04/05/25

Bart Joachim Bes, Co-Lead for Stop Ecocide Danmark, writes about the rhetorical power of the term ecocide, as well as the potential of ecocide law to bring about transformative change in environmental protection.

Bart Joachim Bes for Altinget, 30/04/25

In an op-ed published by Aktuell Hållbarhet on Earth Day, April 22nd, business leaders urge the government to take a stand on ecocide law, and to advocate internationally so that mass environmental destruction becomes a criminal offence with global reach.

Ecocide Law Alliance, 24/04/25

Italian magazine Donna Moderna interviews Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder & CEO of Stop Ecocide International, about her work to criminalise mass harm to nature.

Stefania Divertito for Donna Moderna, 18/04/25

Voke Ighorodje, Director of the international justice programme at the REED Centre, writes about ecocide law in an op-ed for the Nigerian outlet Premium Times.

Voke Ighorodje for Premium Times Nigeria, 12/04/25

The Times covers the rapidly growing movement to make ecocide an international crime.

Ben Cooke for The Times, 03/04/25

“The CEO of Gothenburg Port Authority is one of several Swedish business leaders who have expressed their support for stricter legislation against ecocide”

Lovisa Herold for Dagens Nyheter, 19/03/25

“Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO at Olio, makes the case for robust legislation to prevent and punish ecocide, outlining how it could make doing business sustainably the norm.”

Tessa Clarke for edie, 12/03/25

CBC’s Laura Lynch explores the movement to make ecocide an international crime and speaks to Stop Ecocide International’s CEO and Co-Founder, Jojo Mehta.

Laura Lynch for CBC, 07/03/25

“We urgently need a paradigm shift. We need global commitments to be translated into concrete actions, with effective accountability mechanisms. One hopeful proposal is the initiative led by Stop Ecocide International , which seeks to make ecocide the fifth crime under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.“

Rodrigo Lledó for EcoNews, 05/03/25

Climate Talk speaks to Wolf-Christian Hingst, Branch Lead for Stop Ecocide Deutschland, about the movement to criminalise mass environmental destruction, known as ecocide.

Sven Focken-Kremer for Climate Talk Deutschland, 20/02/25

En el programa ‘Sin Fin’ hablan con Constanza Soler, Coordinadora regional de Stop Ecocidio Internacional, sobre la campaña a nivel mundial y de los avances desde ‘Argentina Sin Ecocidio’, para que el ecocidio sea tipificado como delito en Argentina. 13/02/2025

“Argentine citizens have launched a campaign on Change.org to have ecocide classified as a crime in the country. With the slogan ‘Argentina Without Ecocide’ , the initiative has already gathered more than 20,000 signatures…”

Nota Alpie, 07/02/25