Reshaping Ecocide: From Conflict And Climate Frontlines to Global Momentum for Change

This session will explore how ecocide is being reshaped within national contexts, and why its recognition could be transformative for climate justice, post-conflict recovery and global security. This discussion links legal ecocide innovation with on-the-ground realities, from the Amazon to Ukraine, where environmental destruction intersects with human rights, the rights of nature, resilience and security – bridging both wartime and peacetime ecocide. In addition, the panel will highlight Ukraine’s emerging leadership in framing wartime ecocide.

Moderator

Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, University of Genoa / IKEM

Speakers

• Oleh Bondarenko, Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management (onine)
• Jojo Mehta, co-founder and CEO, Stop Ecocide Foundation
• Dr. Rinata Kazak, Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change, CSPR, Sweden
• Arpana Pratap, Director Blue Economy, Pacific Island Development Forum Fiji
• Co-founder, Ecocide Law Alliance (online), Brazil (TBC)
• Dr. Djalma Alvarez Brochado Neto, Unichristus University, Brazil (online).