Ecogain webinar
Webinar: Ecocide – What is large-scale environmental destruction and what does international criminalization entail? On November 10th at 8:45 AM, Ecogain is hosting a webinar on ecocide and its impact on the environment and ecosystems, featuring Anders Enetjärn, environmental expert at Ecogain and Nina MacPherson as a guest. Time: 10 November kl 8.45am-9.15am Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeZyd_fQgLg […]
How can Ecocide Law help direct our techno-economic power?
Welcome to a seminar about how making ecocide a crime can help: reaching the Paris Agreement protect biodiversity protect human health promote long-term economic stability and global security prevent some illegal activities linked to organized crime SPEAKERS AND PANEL: Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland. Kevin Noone, Professor of […]
March 29: Ecocide Law for an Economy within Planetary Boundaries (online webinar)
Welcome to a webinar on economics and ecocide law, where a qualified panel will address key issues. What is the crucial contribution of a circular economy? How does ecocide law unlock the door to a circular economy? Why is “hard” law needed? We have thousands of agreements and conventions; do we really need more law? […]
May 31: Ecocide law – the Stockholm legacy
Ecocide law – the Stockholm legacy May 31st, 16.30-18 CET online At the Stockholm Conference in 1972, Olof Palme was the first world leader to use the word ecocide to denote mass destruction of the environment. Fifty years on, ecocide is still ongoing and a legal framework to protect the Earth is urgent. Join us […]
The multiple faces of ecocide as a new crime against humanity: challenges and opportunities for states and companies
End Ecocide Belgium and the ERC Curiae Virides Research Project of the Brussels School of Governance (VUB) aim at shedding light on the main implications of recognizing ecocide as a crime against humanity from an interdisciplanry perspective. The webinar will assess in particular how ecocide is progressively reaching the agenda of policymakers in Belgium and in the EU […]
Artificial Intelligence and Ecocide Law, Webinar March 10
Time: March 10 at 17-18 CET Place: Zoom Register: here. Artificial Intelligence is an exponentially growing field of technology, a powerful force for source control and new pathways. But how do we secure that it is used in a benign way for humans and nature? Could AI be the new plastic? Can Ecocide Law be […]
Webinar: Human Rights, Business and Ecocide 14th Dec
In October 2021, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution recognising the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and calling on UN Member States to cooperate to implement this right. Many businesses are already successfully working towards a zero or net zero emissions target, and are now starting to look for […]
Ecocide at the International Criminal Court
Date and registration Tuesday 7th December 202118h30 CET on Zoom REGISTER HERE Invitation Letter Opening address Mr Dreli Solomon, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Republic of Vanuatu, Brussels Supporting statement Rt. Hon. Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Prime Minister, Independent State of Samoa Speakers from the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide Professor Philippe Sands […]
Human Rights and Ecocide Law
When it comes to sustainability and human rights, there are a number of things senior corporate lawyers can do to make a difference, but how to tackle the area? How to know that you are doing enough? What is Ecocide, and why human rights due diligence? Ecocide Law Alliance will publish a report and host […]
Partner event at COP26: Ecocide: uniting behind a law to protect people & planet
Recognising ecocide as a crime at the international level can help support all of us: making big polluters accountable, setting healthy parameters for policy and corporate practice, offering local and indigenous communities a new legal tool, protecting future generations… the list goes on. As political and civil momentum grows on this issue, the time is […]
