We have wrecked the climate.. an ecocide law will help fix it

SIR David Attenborough's award-winning cameraman has backed groundbreaking legislation being published at Holyrood this week which would outlaw "ecocide" in Scotland.

- BY DAN VEVERS Chief Reporter

can't come soon enough. The Sunday Mail previously teamed up with the celebrated wildlife photographer and cameraman in our successful campaign to ban polluting plastic wet wipes.

Allan, also a marine biologist, said: "Having travelled the world, I can tell you Scotland is one of the loveliest countries out there in terms of the wildernesses that you can find and the freedom to roam about them. There's so much that Scotland's got going for it and an ecocide law has the potential to be powerful.

"I just hope it gets passed and then starts to have an effect as soon as possible."

The proposals were first championed by the Sunday Mail in 2021 as Glasgow was preparing to host COP26.