Polly Higgins, Olof Palme and Jan O Karlsson - End Ecocide

In 1972, Olof Palme initiated the UN conference on the environment in Stockholm. This groundbreaking achievement was the first international conference on environmental damage. This was the first time that the issue of pollution crossing borders was addressed, an issue that has become increasingly urgent in the following decades.

In his keynote address to the conference, Palme said: ”The air we breathe is not the property of any one nation – we share it. The big oceans are not divided by national frontiers – they are our common property…In the field of human environment there is no individual future, neither for humans nor for nations. Our future is common. We must share it together. We must shape it together”.

This video includes footage from a unique meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 8th, 2014, when Polly Higgins, (Earth’s Lawyer) and Jan O Karlsson (Swedish veteran Social Democratic politician) discussed topics of mutual interest. This clip focuses on Ecocide Law, the legacy of Olof Palme, and how to create windows of opportunity for health and well-being of people and planet.

Now Polly, Olof Palme and Jan O Karlsson all are in the light.
Let us continue their mission together.

Produced by End Ecocide Sweden, April 2019.
Voice: Peder Karlsson.
The discussion with Polly Higgins and Jan O Karlsson was filmed by Anders Edenroth.

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