Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee presents recommendation to Spanish government to examine possibility of legislating for ecocide nationally and internationally.

Party for the Animals delivers white paper on ecocide to parliament.

Official statement made to the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties by Deputy Prime Minister / Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès makes Belgium first European nation to raise criminalising ecocide at the International Criminal Court.

Foreign minister Pekka Haavisto delivers special message at ICC side event of support for Vanuatu & the Maldives and interest in ecocide discussion and ecocide definition drafting.

PAN party proposes legislating for ecocide in parliament, motion defeated but discussion is productive.

Newly formed Belgian government pledges to “take diplomatic action to halt ecocide crime” as part of its government programme.

Shadow Justice Minister David Lammy calls for ecocide to be criminalised in his TED Countdown talk.

Two motions on ecocide submitted to the Swedish parliament, one from the Left Party and one from the Greens/Social Democrats.

Motion submitted to parliament by Green parties calling for ecocide legislation nationally and internationally.

President Macron promises to champion  recognition of ecocide on the international stage and examine it for inclusion into French law, in response to proposals from Citizens Climate Assembly.

Workers movement urges Sweden to lead on proposing ecocide crime.