{"id":55046,"date":"2023-02-02T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T11:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=55046"},"modified":"2023-02-13T10:44:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T10:44:16","slug":"ecocide-law-for-an-economy-within-planetary-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/ecocide-law-for-an-economy-within-planetary-boundaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecocide Law for an Economy Within Planetary Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Can ecocide laws contribute to the economy within earth&#8217;s sustainable limit?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pace.coe.int\/en\/files\/31600\/html\">The European Council<\/a> has just called on member states to <em>\u201dcriminalise and effectively prosecute ecocide\u201d and to take \u201cconcrete steps to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in order to add ecocide as a new crime.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ecocide means the mass destruction of nature. An international crime covers only most harmful activities, so the number of people who could potentially be held accountable is tiny, but the harm they cause is great.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/event\/2846664\">Link to livestream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>HERE ARE A FEW OF THE MANY BENEFITS OF MAKING ECOCIDE A CRIME.<br \/>\nIT HELPS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>promote long-term economic stability and global security<\/li>\n<li>protect biodiversity<\/li>\n<li>prevent some illegal activities linked to organized crime<\/li>\n<li>reaching the Paris Agreement<\/li>\n<li>protect human health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find out more on February 14<sup>th<\/sup>, at 17.15-18.45 GMT at the Nordic House, Reykjav\u00edk.<br \/>\nLight refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>SPEAKERS AND PANEL:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helga Hvanndal Bj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, member of Nordic Youth Biodiversity Network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lilja Bj\u00f6rk Einarsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, CEO of Landsbankinn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Krist\u00edn Vala Ragnarsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonas Roup\u00e9<\/strong>, Strategist at Prosperous Planet AB, and one of the world\u2019s leading experts in the strategic importance of international Ecocide Law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sigur\u00f0ur \u00d6rn Hilmarsson<\/strong>, Supreme Court attorney and chairman of the Icelandic Bar Association.<\/p>\n<p>Moderated by lawyer <strong>Katr\u00edn Oddsd\u00f3ttir.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Jonas Roup\u00e9 and Krist\u00edn Vala Ragnarsd\u00f3ttir have recently published two research reports: <\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/endecocide.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ecocide-Law-for-the-Paris-Agreement-Launch.pdf\"><em>Ecocide Law for the Paris Agreement<\/em><\/a><em>\u201d and \u201d<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/endecocide.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EL-for-an-Economy-within-Planetary-Boundaires.pdf\"><em>Ecocide Law for an Economy within Planetary Boundaries\u201d.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecocidelawalliance.org\/definition\/\">Proposed definition<\/a> of ecocide as an international crime.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar is in english and is organized by the Nordic House and End Ecocide Sweden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-55056 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ees-logo-orginal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"133\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 349px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 349\/133;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can ecocide laws contribute to the economy within earth&#8217;s sustainable limit? The European Council has just called on member states to \u201dcriminalise and effectively prosecute ecocide\u201d and to take \u201cconcrete steps to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in order to add ecocide as a new crime.\u201d Ecocide means the mass destruction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55002,"template":"","event-categories":[7],"class_list":["post-55046","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-lecture","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/55046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=55046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}