As well as high-level diplomatic meetings, Stop Ecocide was involved in a number of Climate Week events, networking with key figures from civil society, business and political backgrounds, throughout the week.
Monday 19th - Up2US
As part of this event there was a panel discussion with Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Stop Ecocide International and Julia Jackson, Chair, Stop Ecocide US Allies, Founder of Grounded.
Moderated by Xiye Bastida, Youth activist, speaker and founder, Re-Earth Initiative.
A recording of the event is available to watch here
(starts at 1:57:00).
Wednesday 21st - Peace one Day
There was a huge focus on Ecocide law in this high profile virtual broadcast.
Panel event with: Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Stop Ecocide International, HRH Esméralda of Belgium, journalist and author, Sophie Dembinski, Business Adviser, Stop Ecocide International and Head of Public Policy and UK Country Manager, Ecosia.
Moderated by: Harjas Grewal, Human Rights Activist, Diana Award Recipient and Columbia University MA.
Interview with: Julia Jackson, Chair, Stop Ecocide US Allies, Founder of Grounded.
Interview with: Philippe Sands, international lawyer and Co-chair of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide.
A short ‘call to action’ Ecocide law focused film - was also interspersed throughout the broadcast.
Recordings of each of these are available on the PeaceOneDay Youtube channel.
Friday 23rd - President of Vanuatu calls for Ecocide Law at UN General Assembly
President Nikenike Vurobaravu of Vanuatu called for states to support including a crime of ecocide in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), telling the UN General Assembly “acting with knowledge of severe and widespread or long-term damage to the environment can no longer be tolerated”.
You can read more here.
Friday 23rd - Walk to Stop Ecocide, as part of the Global Climate March
& Ecocide Law: one of the four youth demands
The Walk to Stop Ecocide took place as part of the Global Climate March.
The event, which was an enormous success, was in large part the result of collaboration between the rapidly growing Youth For Ecocide Law movement and Fridays for Future NYC (FFFNYC)
As part of the Global Climate Strike, FFFNYC made the recognition of ecocide as an international crime one of their 4 key demands:
(4) We demand all governments declare support for the recognition of ecocide (mass damage and destruction of ecosystems) as an international crime. Climate crisis and biodiversity loss are symptoms. Ecocide is a root cause, and it will continue with impunity unless a strong legal deterrent is put in place. We call on governments to protect nature, climate and our future and declare support for a law to stop ecocide.
The New York march started at Foley Square and ended in Battery Park and featured speeches by high profile youth voices, such as Kevin Patel, Xiye Bastida and others, and Stop Ecocide US Allies, Chair, Julia Jackson. (See speech here).
Our Youth For Ecocide Law co-lead, Tova Lindqvist was also on the ground connecting with FFFNYC.
Marches also took place in other cities around the world.
Another key event occurred in Toronto, led by our second Youth For Ecocide Law co-lead, Amalie Wilkinson.
You can see some social media highlights HERE.
Whether people were on the ground in New York, taking part in marches in their city elsewhere or were showing support online, there were so many ways to get involved - and still are!
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