polly higgins

Oliver Tickell met Polly Higgins, remarkable campaigner and founder of Mission Lifeforce, shortly before she died this month.

Award-winning author, barrister and ecocide law expert dies, age 50.

The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline

Helen Moore and Niall McDevitt recite poem 'Earth Justice', inspired by a transcript of the ecocide trial held in October 2011.

Studies have shown that while there is a greater awareness of the seriousness of environmental damage in society, this shift is not obvious in environmental sentencing. Jason Lowther reports

Corporate and complicit, says Polly Higgins as she surveys the luxury accommodation enjoyed by high-flyers at the latest climate conference

Lawyer Polly Higgins is spearheading a campaign to have 'ecocide' recognised by the UN as an international crime against peace. But how will this work in practice?