Arnaud Mesureur

Political Corner: Why it’s important to implement ecocide

by Parsa Alirezaei and Luke Faulks, SFU students In the last year alone, a BC town was burned down by raging forest fires, flooding in Germany and China killed hundreds, and the southwest United States faced its worst drought in a century. Climate change is accelerating and emissions continue to rise. Governments, international organizations, and corporations have willfully abused the environment in the name of profit and refuse to oppose climate change.  This is why the introduction of “ecocide” as a law is more important than ever.  In July 2021, a panel of 12 legal experts suggested the International Criminal…

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