“CURBING CRISIS AND ENABLING IMPLEMENTATION:
THE ROLE OF CRIMINAL LAW ”
Official in-person COP27 side event
Time: 13:00 GMT / 14:00 CET / 15:00 EET
Venue: Akhenaten Room COP 27, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Co-hosted by: Republic of Vanuatu, Stop Ecocide Foundation & Planète Amazone
Language: English with in person interpretation in FR and ES .
Please note that we are unable to guarantee in-person places for this high level official COP27 side event, so encourage you to add the date to your diary. We look forward to welcoming you.
The event will be live-streamed and available on demand:
Event outline:
The implementation of ambitious goals and targets in response to the interlinked crises of climate, pollution and biodiversity loss is proving painfully slow and difficult, despite increasingly stark and urgent warnings. We are witnessing around the globe a rising frustration at all levels of society as irreversible tipping points are being crossed, and vulnerable countries and communities continue to disproportionately suffer.
Could this be because we have yet to put in place the correct enabling conditions for positive change?
An international criminal law framework to deter and prevent severe and widespread or long-term destruction of ecosystems - now increasingly known as “ecocide” - could provide a sorely needed guardrail and guidance system to catalyse strategic change across industry and policy.
At the same time, such a framework could provide a powerful legal tool to protect ecosystems which are vital to climate stability, as well as those who stand up to defend them.
Find out how this legal initiative is rapidly gathering momentum and cross-sector support around the globe, as a way to reframe our relationship with the living world around us from one of harm to one of harmony.
Opening remarks from:
Special Envoy on Climate Change for the Pacific, Republic of Vanuatu.
Speakers:
Minister of the Climate, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal, Belgium.
Chair, Stop Ecocide Foundation
of the Huni Kuí people, President of FEPHAC (Huni Kuí Federation of the State of Acre), international ambassador of his people and Spokesperson of the Alliance of Mother Nature's Guardians. (Spanish speaking, with translator)
Environmental justice advocate, Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation.
Moderator:
Director, Law Division, UN Environment Programme.
Organised by: Stop Ecocide International,
Hosted by: Republic of Vanuatu, Stop Ecocide Foundation and Planete Amazone
