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Recycling, renewables and rubble: How environmental issues could make or break Ukraine’s EU bid
In 2020, only 4% of Ukraine's waste was recycled - the lowest rate in Europe.
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The environmental impact of Russia’s invasion goes beyond Ukraine – how do we deal with ‘problems without passports’?
Ecological damage, risk of nuclear accident and the economic fallout from war all affect countries well beyond the conflict zone. How should the world deal with these borderless threats?
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‘A powerful solution’: Activists push to make ecocide an international crime
This movement aims to make the mass damage and destruction of ecosystems a prosecutable, international crime against peace.
The International Criminal Court turns 20 in turbulent times. Should ‘ecocide’ be added to its list of crimes?
A law professor from Queen Mary University in London has called a proposal to make “ecocide” the fifth international crime the “most credible and advanced” effort to date to expand the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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The 'rebel' and human rights gadfly seeking to criminalize ecocide
British lawyer Philippe Sands argues that the time has come to pursue those who commit crimes against the environment.
The deep toll of tar sands on Canada's Indigenous people
Oil companies have replaced First Nation's traditional lands with vast mines, stripping away boreal forest and wetlands.
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Indigenous women speak out at Cop26 rally: ‘Femicide is linked to ecocide’
Activists tell of how extractive industries are intertwined with violence against women and girls.
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