1. Pauline Helene "Polly" Higgins was a Scottish barrister, author, and environmental lobbyist, described by Jonathan Watts in her obituary in The Guardian as, "one of the most inspiring figures in the green movement".
14 Facts About Polly Higgins
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Polly Higgins left her career as a lawyer to focus on environmental advocacy, and unsuccessfully lobbied the United Nations Law Commission to recognise ecocide as an international crime.
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Polly Higgins was born in Glasgow and raised in Blanefield, just south of the Highland Boundary Fault at the foot of the Campsie Hills in Scotland.
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Polly Higgins's father was a meteorologist during the Second World War and her mother was an artist.
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Polly Higgins trained in law at City University and the Inns of Court School of Law in London; in 1998, she was called to the Bar.
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Polly Higgins practised as a lawyer based in London, specialising in corporate law and employment.
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Polly Higgins started to campaign for its inclusion in around 2009.
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Polly Higgins was a founder of the Earth Law Alliance.
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In 2009, Polly Higgins was described by The Ecologist magazine as "one of the world's top ten visionary thinkers".
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Polly Higgins was ranked number 35 in Salt magazine's 2016 Top 100 Inspiring Women of the world list.
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In March 2019, Polly Higgins was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given about six weeks to live; her diagnosis was publicly disclosed at the time by George Monbiot.
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Polly Higgins died at a hospice in Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, on 21 April 2019, at the age of 50.
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Polly Higgins held an honorary Arne Naess Professorship at the University of Oslo and received an honorary doctorate from the Business School Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Polly Higgins was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 2018.