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Jojo Mehta co-founded Stop Ecocide International in 2017, alongside legal pioneer the late Polly Higgins, to support recognition of “ecocide” - mass damage and destruction of nature - as a crime at the International Criminal Court. As key spokesperson and CEO, she has overseen the remarkable growth of the movement while coordinating between legal developments, diplomatic traction and public narrative. As Chair of the charitable Stop Ecocide Foundation. Jojo was convenor of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide chaired by Philippe Sands KC and Dior Fall Sow. The resulting definition has catalysed legislative developments, recommendations and resolutions at national, regional and international levels. Stop Ecocide seeds and supports fertile collaborations around the globe at every level of society, and legal recognition of ecocide is now emerging as a powerful driver of change and a key solution addressing the climate and ecological crisis.