On April 7, NBC news published an article about how an Ecocide movement is trying to make environmental destruction an international crime. A crime is considered an international crime if: there is genocide involved, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. If we think about it, we believe that Ecocide is a crime against humanity.
By destroying the environment and killing the animals living in them, we are creating a world where it would become difficult for future humans to live in.
Now, the French president and the Pope are speaking out against environmental crimes. The Pope even wants to consider making environmental destruction a sin. People do not realize how much global warming is currently affecting the Earth, and there are even some who do not believe in its existence.
For example, in a study done by National Geographic, the damaged Amazon Forest sped up climate change and made it worse. Deforestation has affected how much carbon the trees can store and release and in turn is affecting global warming.
The National geographic article continues with a way to solve and reverse the problems caused by burning the Amazon Forest. The solution was to stop burning coal, oil, and natural gas, but this is an impossible solution.
The Amazon rainforest is just one example of how bad environmental destruction hurts the Earth. Now, there will be lasting effects from burned down forest. If Ecocide was already a crime, then there is a possibility that this action could have been stopped.
We want to hope the world leaders will come together on this issue.
However we know that for money reasons, there are a lot of world leaders who will not agree with this act. We believe in today’s world, money is the biggest influence. If saving the environment affects earnings negatively then a lot of leaders will try to find reasoning against or even ignore the topic.
However, if Ecocide becomes a crime then world leaders can no longer ignore this topic and its effects. There have been several studies published on pollution and how much our world has been hurt by it..
It is known that we are hurting our environment and the only way to help stop and prevent it is by making a new international crime. World leaders will be restricted in their actions and be forced to take care of the environment.
If world leaders do not take action now, then the Earth will be at a point of no return. When it gets to this point there is a possibility in the near future that Earth will become a place where it is impossible for life to live.
We want world leaders to take a step back and really look at how much the world has changed due to pollution. Then we want world leaders to imagine what the future could possibly look like if we do not change our ways.
We hope countries are willing to work together to make Ecocide a crime so countries can start moving towards a path where we take care of our Environment.