Have you heard of Ecocide Law? A campaign is underway to get the International Criminal Court to adopt Ecocide as the fifth international crime. The other four crimes currently recognised are: War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, Crimes of Aggression and Genocide. Once Ecocide gets adopted individuals can be held accountable for wilfully destroying the natural world.
Deep-sea mining is ecocide. We know it will destroy ancient habitat, will impact the systems in the ocean that make life possible in ways we don't yet understand, and risks disturbing locked-away carbon. I was invited to speak on a panel at the European Parliament to discuss how criminalising ecocide will help save the ocean. Check out the recorded discussion here. Ecocide law is an imperative that will help normalise our moral obligation towards the natural world and our own future as well as to the fellow beings we share this beautiful planet with. For once we have the collective power to stop a disaster before it begins. We can despair about the state of the world or we can act! Just a few years no country was speaking out against deep-sea mining. Now 32 countries choose caution, dozens of companies say no to deep-sea mining and millions of people around the world are speaking out! Join the movement! Let's make sure those in power listen. - Endorse the Declaration calling on world leaders to secure a moratorium on dee-sea mining. - Sign and share our petition. More than 344,000 of you already have! If you, and everyone reading this, chips in just 10 - 20 Euro / dollar, or the equivalent of your favourite drink, then together we can stop deep-sea mining! Thank you! - Farah Obaidullah Founder of The Ocean and Us. 📸 ©Tiago Pires da Cruz Comments are closed.
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