Length8h 7m
About this audiobook
In Eradicating Ecocide, international environment lawyer and activist Polly Higgins sets out to demonstrate how our planet is fast being destroyed by the activities of corporations and governments, facilitated by 'compromise' laws that offer insufficient deterrence. She offers a solution that is radical but absolutely necessary. The Mexican Gulf oil spill is a compelling reminder of the consequences of unchecked ecocide.
Higgins advocates the introduction of a new international law, Ecocide: 'damage, destruction to or loss of ecosystems', as the 5th Crime Against Peace. This would hold to account heads of corporate bodies that are found guilty of damaging the environment; it would present corporations with a new choice: they could choose to be part of the solution, part of the salvation of the planet's future, by complying with the new law of Ecocide. The opportunity to implement this law represents a crossroads in the fate of humanity; we can accept the change, or we can continue to allow its destruction, risking future brutal war over disappearing natural resources.
This is the first book to explain that we all have a commanding voice and the power to call upon all our governments to change the existing rules of the game.
Higgins presents examples of laws in other countries which have succeeded in curtailing the power of governments, corporations and banks and made a quick and effective change, demonstrating that her proposal is not impossible. Eradicating Ecocide is a crash course on what laws work, what doesn't and what else is needed to prevent the imminent disaster of global collapse.
Eradicating Ecocide provides a comprehensive overview of what needs to be done in order to prevent ecocide. It is a book providing a template of a body of laws for all governments to implement, which applies equally to smaller communities and anyone who is involved in decision-making.
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GenreBusiness and Economics
Length8 hrs 7 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 8, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Eradicating Ecocide
26The Uniqueness of the UN Charter
2POLLY HIGGINS
27Chapter 7
3© 2010 Polly Higgins
28HOLDING BUSINESS TO ACCOUNT
4Part 2: Protecting our Oikos 4 Principles to Protect our Oikos
29HOLDING BUSINESS TO ACCOUNT
5Part 1
30Chapter 8
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6Chapter 1
31ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
7ERADICATING ECOCIDE
32Chapter 9
8TAKING STOCK
33natural environment;
9Chapter 2
34community of contains and reproduces all beings.
10the
35NEW DEVELOPMENTS
11AN ACT
36ERADICATING ECOCIDE
12ERADICATING ECOCIDE
37Part 4
13MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS
38Chapter 10
14Chapter 3
39ERADICATING ECOCIDE
15ERADICATING ECOCIDE
40decisions;
16TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
41ERADICATING ECOCIDE
17ERADICATING ECOCIDE
42THE COMMANDING VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
18Part 2
43Epilogue
19Chapter 4
44ERADICATING ECOCIDE
20ERADICATING ECOCIDE
45EPILOGUE
21Part 3
46Notes
22Chapter 5
47ERADICATING ECOCIDE
23ERADICATING ECOCIDE
48Chapter 2: Massacre of the Innocents
24Chapter 6
49Subsidies.html
25ERADICATING ECOCIDE
50Chapter 5: Ecocide: The 5Th Crime Against Peace
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