How two friends tried to make ecocide an international crime

“Polly Higgins was looking at ways to establish ecocide as an international crime on a par with genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression, so she and Jojo spent the next few years trying to make it happen. There were push-backs and roadblocks along the way, but in 2019 the entire project was placed in jeopardy as a shock diagnosis gave Polly just weeks to live.”

Jo Fidgen for Outlook - BBC Sounds, 11/09/24