Ecocide as an international crime
jeudi 29 septembre 2022 à 12:17A campaign to define "ecocide" as an international crime, comparable to genocide.
I don't think that prosecuting ecocide is a panacea. It is easy to understand intentional deforestation as ecocide. Each piece of the forest is cut down or burnt by certain people.
However, when a lightning-sparked wildfire destroys a forest, it is harder to pin the destruction on anyone. Everyone's CO2 emissions contribute a little to each wildfire.
Nonetheless, prosecuting people like Bolosonaro could help, and they certainly deserve it.