Recent weeks have seen ecocide law reach the UN Security Council, the Vatican, and the climate COP’s opening ceremony. International law is now evolving to meet the crisis it should have prevented. 

Ecocide law was raised three times during the UN Security Council’s session on environmental impact of armed conflict and climate-driven security risks, demonstrating growing diplomatic attention to establishing mass environmental destruction as an international crime.

The 2025 Global Youth Statement representing thousands of young people from over 100 countries has called for the adoption of ecocide laws to hold corporations and states accountable for environmental destruction, while explicitly recognising that “wars, genocides and conflicts cause environmental degradation, exacerbate climate change through unchecked, boundless emissions.”

Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has publicly confirmed government support for establishing ecocide as the fifth core crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, responding to questions from Green Party Member of the Riksdag Rebecka Le Moine during an open EU Committee meeting.

For the next 7 days, through biggive.org’s #ChristmasChallenge, every donation to Stop Ecocide International (via Earth Community Trust) will be matched-funded up to £75,000.

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