International Court For The Environment

EDM number 1820 in 2007-08, proposed by Nigel Griffiths on 17/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Nature conservation and International organisations.

That this House welcomes the proposal from Stephen Hockman QC, Chris Osborne and LECG to establish an International Court for the Environment, as the supreme legal authority for settling issues regarding harm to the environment, and for specifying the ecological conditions which must be met if the biosphere is to operate effectively without a major disruption to human communities and other life; notes that a symposium on this is being held in the British Library on 28th November; and calls on the Government and business to combine to support such a measure for the sake of a sustainable future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.