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Why it's time to make ecocide a crime, for the sake of its victims

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-12-09

In November, the world's first global citizens' assembly—made up of 100 people chosen by lottery from around the world—declared its recommended responses to the climate crisis at the UN climate conference COP26. Among these recommendations was that causing severe environmental destruction, or "ecocide," should become a crime.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-12-ecocide-crime-sake-victims.html