Will “Climate Denial” Become an International War Crime?
1 week ago Eric Worrall 65 Comments
Essay by Eric Worrall
Greta Thunberg recently dropped into Kyiv to Help Ukraine Push the UN Ecocide Narrative – the push to treat environmental crimes on a par with war crimes. But “Ecocide” goes a lot further than acts of war.
Russia is accused of ‘ecocide’ in Ukraine. But what does that mean?
By Radina Gigova, CNN
Updated 3:55 AM EDT, Mon July 3, 2023
CNN —
On June 6, Ukraine suffered an environmental catastrophe. The collapse of the Kakhovka dam in the south of the country sent water thundering downstream, killing more than 100 people according to Ukrainian officials. It wiped out villages, flooded farmland and nature reserves, and swept up pollutants like oil and agricultural chemicals as it made its destructive path towards the Black Sea.
The causes of the collapse have yet to be established – whether it was targeted as part of Russia’s war in Ukraine, or whether it was a structural failure – but what is certain is that it is one of the biggest ecological disasters Europe has seen in the last few decades.
And Ukraine is calling it “ecocide.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/07/03/will-climate-denial-become-a-war-crime/
