Global trade and security are each governed by global agencies. But there is no comparable global authority to protect the environment. ..Paris deal’s predecessor, Kyoto Protocol, actually saw global emissions rise by 60% to 2014…A “crimes against biodiversity” law would act like a Rome Statute for the environment. Ecological damage should be criminalised, not just penalised with fines or lawsuits…human-caused extinction of species is likewise an attack on our common ecological existence. It’s time for this truth to be recognised in international law…There are potential legal precedents in US legal doctrine of “depraved heart murder” in which individuals are liable for deaths caused by wilful indifference, rather than an express desire to harm.. ..UN Security Council has never passed resolution about the environment, despite growing warnings from military strategists of the potential for climate-catalysed conflict…Coal is responsible for 43% of global greenhouse emissions and 80% of increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration since 1870.

Note – should Greg Hunt be charged with wilful indifference?

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