The Fifth Crime

The campaign to make “ecocide” an international crime.

On every continent, humans have left their mark in the form of massive environmental destruction: deforestation in Brazil; strip mining in Canada’s Tar Sands; the devastation of West Africa’s fisheries; the obliterations of landscapes and ecosystems by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Pollution warms the planet, melting polar ice, bringing drought and wildfire to the land, intensifying hurricanes and raising sea levels. Scientists say there is worse to come.

The idea of ecocide is a cri de coeur  for repair and reparation, against all oddsInside Climate News, in partnership with NBC and Undark, report on the moral and legal case for accountability.

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