Ecocide is About Safety

Jojo Mehta is the co-founder of Stop Ecocide International. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.

• Stop Ecocide International: https://www.stopecocide.earth/

• Jojo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jojo-mehta

TOPICS

• 00:00 Introduction

• 01:46 New York Climate Week

• 03:23 The Concept of Ecocide

• 06:56 The Impact and Importance of Ecocide Law

• 25:21 Rights of Nature Intersections

• 27:49 How the International Criminal Court Works

• 35:07 Reforming Finance

• 37:41 Individuals and Corporations

• 44:17 The Current State of the Ecocide Movement

• 53:13 Polly Higgins (1968-2019)

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Legal definition of ‘Ecocide’: https://www.stopecocide.earth/legal-definition

• Polly Higgins: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/22/polly-higgins-environmentalist-eradicating-ecocide-dies

PODCAST

• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Fkf8ZqPx5RRkeXTbuojCJ