The party said it could back the plans being put forward by Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon for a new crime covering mass eco destruction and damage.
The Greens have backed calls for a new “ecocide” law in Scotland to punish people guilty of mass environmental destruction. Labour MSP Monica Lennon is spearheading efforts to get the eco law on Holyrood’s statute books amid a global push for an international ecocide crime to hold planet killers to account.
But the EU, Brazil - and now Scotland - are among those considering laws in their own territories to criminalise the worst cases of eco destruction such as oil spills, deforestation and major pollution. If backed by MSPs, it would make Scotland one of the first countries in the world to establish a crime of ecocide in the justice system.
“That is why we support the aims of the Stop Ecocide campaign with its international efforts to bring in a global ecocide law and we will consider any effective, deliverable and sound opportunities to explore those further.
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