Protecting the Environment through Criminal Law: Ecocide, Harm and Human Consequences
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
UK intelligence services just made the case for criminalising ecocide
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
United Kingdom: “Despite regulations, we are failing to protect vital ecosystems”
An interview with Stop Ecocide International’s Jojo Mehta about the publication of the UK’s national security assessment, identifying ecosystem destruction as a major security threat.
Stefanie Schüler for Radio France Internationale, 26/01/26
Proponen incorporar la figura del “ecocidio” al Código Penal argentino
El Tiempo Argentina investigates the rapidly growing movement to criminalise ecocide in Argentina, where numerous lawmakers are now endorsing the idea.
Verónica Benaim for El Tiempo Argentino, 17/01/26
Burn rate: Can we pass a global law against ecocide, and would it help?
Anesha George explores the global push for ecocide law, including at the International Criminal Court.
Anesha George for Hindustan Times, 16/01/26
Criminalising ecocide: a macroeconomic opportunity to attract investment and talent to Latin America
Economist Rafael Kemelmajer argues that when ecosystems are destroyed, they become fiscal liabilities and supply shocks.
Rafael Kemelmajer for EcoNews, 09/01/26
Beyond Fines and Regulations: The urgent case for criminalising ecocide
The OBA explores how criminalising ecocide can deter harm where regulations too often fail.
Maryama Farah for Ontario Bar Association, 09/01/26
Time to upgrade the rule book: the case for recognising ecocide in international law
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
International Criminal Court puts polluters on notice
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
Campaign for recognition of ecocide enters new phase at international court
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
EU millions to investigate crime against nature
A groundbreaking research project on ecocide has secured nearly €2m in EU funding via the European Research Council (ERC).
Gemini Editorial Team for Gemini, 09/12/25
SNP government to back Labour MSP Monica Lennon’s Ecocide Bill at first stage
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
Minister backs ecocide bill as environmental crime ‘important to public’
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
From genocide to ecocide: Gaza faces an environmental crisis “beyond imagination”
In an article written by Sophie Hurwitz, translated into Spanish by Climática, the author explains that the environmental destruction in Gaza must be classified as ecocide, an illegal act that should be defined as an international crime.
Sophie Hurwitz for Climatica, 18/11/25
A reflection on Ecocide
An article published in the Mexican newspaper El Sur explains the proposal by the Stop Ecocide Foundation's Independent Expert Panel to classify ecocide as an international crime.
Octavio Klimek Alcaraz for El Sur, 15/11/25
Why an Italian ecocide case is sending ripples through boardrooms - and what it means for the UK
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
At COP30 in Belém, President Félix Tshisekedi mobilises the world against the ecocide that the DRC is suffering
Speaking at COP30 in Belém, President Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC denounced the deliberate destruction of his country's protected areas and forests.
Radio Okapi, 07/11/25
The rise of ecocide law: a new chapter in environmental accountability?
Sophie Dembinski writes about ecocide law developments globally, including growing support among business and financial leaders.
Sophie Dembinski for Aldersgate Group, 04/11/25
“Ecocide is emerging as an important way to think about war”
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
Countries are starting to recognise ‘ecocide' as a crime - should New Zealand do the same?
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