In a landmark resolution, the UN General Assembly voted 143-4 to recognize ecocide — the mass destruction of nature — as a crime against humanity under international law. The vote follows decades of lobbying by Indigenous leaders and environmental groups. Corporations and governments that cause irreversible harm (e.g., deep-sea mining, oil spills, mega-dam displacement) can now be prosecuted in The Hague. Critics argue that enforcement will be difficult and politicized. But backers say the symbolic weight alone will shift behavior. France, Kenya, and Brazil led the charge. If implemented, this legal status could reshape industries from oil to fashion to meat — with CEOs and ministers held personally liable.