The Law That Could Save the Planet: Jojo Mehta & the Global Fight to Criminalise Ecocide

What if destroying the rainforest, poisoning a river, or wiping out an ecosystem was treated the same as a crime against humanity? That's exactly what Jojo Mehta and the global Stop Ecocide movement are fighting to make law — and they're closer than ever to succeeding. In this episode of Radical Truth, host Robert Rubinstein, Founder of TBLI Group — one of the world's leading voices on sustainable finance and ESG investing — sits down with Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder and CEO of Stop Ecocide International, the organisation driving a historic campaign to make ecocide the fifth international crime at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Jojo co-founded Stop Ecocide in 2017 alongside the late legal pioneer Polly Higgins. Since then, the movement has achieved extraordinary momentum: in 2021 an independent panel produced the first authoritative legal definition of ecocide; in 2024 the EU adopted ecocide-like provisions in its Environmental Crime Directive; and a coalition of nations — Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, and the Democratic Republic of Congo — formally proposed an amendment to the Rome Statute to enshrine ecocide as an international crime. In this conversation, we explore: -What ecocide actually means — and why the legal definition matters -How criminalising environmental destruction could reshape corporate behaviour overnight -The role of finance, investment, and business in accelerating or stopping ecocide -Why island nations are leading the charge at the ICC — and what that signals to the world -The moral and legal shift underway: from "environmental damage as acceptable collateral" to criminal liability -What investors, policymakers, and citizens can do right now to support this movement This is a conversation about radical truth: that the way we treat the living world has consequences — and that the law can, and must, catch up. 🌍 Learn more & take action: https://www.stopecocide.earth 💼 TBLI Group: https://www.tbligroup.com 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3h3sUhuclxb2BETNEXY1mN ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Introduction 02:30 – What is ecocide? The legal definition explained 08:00 – How Stop Ecocide began: Polly Higgins' legacy 14:00 – The ICC proposal: what it means and what comes next 22:00 – Corporate accountability and the role of business 30:00 – Sustainable finance and ecocide: what investors need to know 38:00 – The moral shift: why NOW is the tipping point 44:00 – What you can do: action, advocacy, and hope (Update timestamps after editing) #Ecocide #StopEcocide #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalLaw #Sustainability #EcocideLaw #ICC #InternationalCriminalCourt #ClimateAction #GreenFinance #ESG #SustainableFinance #EnvironmentalCrime #PlanetaryBoundaries #NatureRights #RadicalTruth #RadicalTruthPodcast #RobertRubinstein #TBLIGroup #JojoMehta #ImpactInvesting #ClimatePolicy #EcoLaw #FutureOfLaw #NetZero