The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice
@ccccjustice.bsky.social
The CCCCJ is based at Queen Mary University of London School of Law.
We produce research that supports climate defenders and exposes climate offenders.
https://ccccjustice.org/
We produce research that supports climate defenders and exposes climate offenders.
https://ccccjustice.org/
Pinned
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are the real power behind Big Oil’s climate retreat.
Read our report on the shareholders who are driving us to the point of no return.
ccccjustice.org/wp-content/u...
Read our report on the shareholders who are driving us to the point of no return.
ccccjustice.org/wp-content/u...
Our latest blog reproduces Centre Director David Whyte's evidence to the Gaza Tribunal on Israel's deliberate strategy to render Gaza unliveable.
The ecocide in Gaza is part and parcel of the genocide.
ccccjustice.org/2025/10/31/t...
The ecocide in Gaza is part and parcel of the genocide.
ccccjustice.org/2025/10/31/t...
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our latest blog reproduces Centre Director David Whyte's evidence to the Gaza Tribunal on Israel's deliberate strategy to render Gaza unliveable.
The ecocide in Gaza is part and parcel of the genocide.
ccccjustice.org/2025/10/31/t...
The ecocide in Gaza is part and parcel of the genocide.
ccccjustice.org/2025/10/31/t...
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“Oil companies may seem invincible but they are more vulnerable than you think” says climate justice litigator Melinda Janki
Watch here:
www.ted.com/talks/melind...
Watch here:
www.ted.com/talks/melind...
How we took on an oil giant — and won
Oil companies may seem invincible, but they are more vulnerable than you think, says climate justice litigator Melinda Janki. She tells the story of how she took on ExxonMobil in her home country of G...
www.ted.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Oil companies may seem invincible but they are more vulnerable than you think” says climate justice litigator Melinda Janki
Watch here:
www.ted.com/talks/melind...
Watch here:
www.ted.com/talks/melind...
Securing access to minerals essential for the green transition will in the 21st century will be a resource curse, just like fossil fuels were in the 20th Century.
Steve Rushton reports on the new mineral curse in our latest blog.
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/25/m...
Steve Rushton reports on the new mineral curse in our latest blog.
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/25/m...
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Securing access to minerals essential for the green transition will in the 21st century will be a resource curse, just like fossil fuels were in the 20th Century.
Steve Rushton reports on the new mineral curse in our latest blog.
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/25/m...
Steve Rushton reports on the new mineral curse in our latest blog.
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/25/m...
Today we launch a major new report that reveals how British investors profit from the destruction of the third largest rainforest in the world, in West Papua.
Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.
Read the report here 👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/publications/
Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.
Read the report here 👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/publications/
September 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Today we launch a major new report that reveals how British investors profit from the destruction of the third largest rainforest in the world, in West Papua.
Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.
Read the report here 👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/publications/
Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.
Read the report here 👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/publications/
Get down to Westminster Magistrates Court today from 10am if you can.
We will fight for our colleagues to be released.
Protesting against a genocide is not terrorism.
End this ridiculous charade and lift the ban.
We will fight for our colleagues to be released.
Protesting against a genocide is not terrorism.
End this ridiculous charade and lift the ban.
URGENT COURT SUPPORT
DOJ are urgently calling on supporters to show up outside Westminster Magistrates Court tomorrow (September 4th) from 10am in support of those arrested in yesterday’s dawn raids.
10am - Westminster Magistrates Court - September 4th
We won’t be intimidated.
DOJ are urgently calling on supporters to show up outside Westminster Magistrates Court tomorrow (September 4th) from 10am in support of those arrested in yesterday’s dawn raids.
10am - Westminster Magistrates Court - September 4th
We won’t be intimidated.
September 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Get down to Westminster Magistrates Court today from 10am if you can.
We will fight for our colleagues to be released.
Protesting against a genocide is not terrorism.
End this ridiculous charade and lift the ban.
We will fight for our colleagues to be released.
Protesting against a genocide is not terrorism.
End this ridiculous charade and lift the ban.
Yesterday the police raided the houses of our close colleagues in Defend Our Juries. They are facing very serious charges just for protesting against a genocide.
We demand their immediate release.
Read our statement here 👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/03/e...
We demand their immediate release.
Read our statement here 👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/03/e...
September 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Yesterday the police raided the houses of our close colleagues in Defend Our Juries. They are facing very serious charges just for protesting against a genocide.
We demand their immediate release.
Read our statement here 👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/03/e...
We demand their immediate release.
Read our statement here 👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/03/e...
We stand in solidarity with our colleague, Paddy Friend, who was arrested today
We fully support all the activists who are being criminalised for opposing genocide
Lift the ban and end this pointless political charade
We fully support all the activists who are being criminalised for opposing genocide
Lift the ban and end this pointless political charade
🚨 BREAKING - FIVE Lift The Ban key spokespeople arrested in dawn raids.
Arrested for addressing Open Calls during which legal information on the risks of opposing Labour’s absurd ban on Palestine Action have been shared.
Video: Paddy Friend, a law student, arrested at home.
Arrested for addressing Open Calls during which legal information on the risks of opposing Labour’s absurd ban on Palestine Action have been shared.
Video: Paddy Friend, a law student, arrested at home.
September 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We stand in solidarity with our colleague, Paddy Friend, who was arrested today
We fully support all the activists who are being criminalised for opposing genocide
Lift the ban and end this pointless political charade
We fully support all the activists who are being criminalised for opposing genocide
Lift the ban and end this pointless political charade
Just published!!!!
CCCCJ member @billspence.bsky.social reviews 'Overshoot', a book which seeks to explain why the world is carrying on as if climate change is a conspiracy (if though we all know its real)..
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ccccjustice.org/2025/07/31/t...
CCCCJ member @billspence.bsky.social reviews 'Overshoot', a book which seeks to explain why the world is carrying on as if climate change is a conspiracy (if though we all know its real)..
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/07/31/t...
August 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Just published!!!!
CCCCJ member @billspence.bsky.social reviews 'Overshoot', a book which seeks to explain why the world is carrying on as if climate change is a conspiracy (if though we all know its real)..
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/07/31/t...
CCCCJ member @billspence.bsky.social reviews 'Overshoot', a book which seeks to explain why the world is carrying on as if climate change is a conspiracy (if though we all know its real)..
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/07/31/t...
Ogoni activists and rights organisations criticise the hypocrisy of the Nigerian state.
Is the pardon of the Ogoni 9 a precursor to more oil extraction in the Niger Delta?
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ccccjustice.org/2025/06/26/k...
Is the pardon of the Ogoni 9 a precursor to more oil extraction in the Niger Delta?
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ccccjustice.org/2025/06/26/k...
June 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ogoni activists and rights organisations criticise the hypocrisy of the Nigerian state.
Is the pardon of the Ogoni 9 a precursor to more oil extraction in the Niger Delta?
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/26/k...
Is the pardon of the Ogoni 9 a precursor to more oil extraction in the Niger Delta?
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ccccjustice.org/2025/06/26/k...
“We get stronger as a movement in spite of the threats & the assassinations!”
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Read Ignasi Bernat's commentary & translation of the Ríos Vivos Movevement's acceptance speach on our latest blog.
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ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Read Ignasi Bernat's commentary & translation of the Ríos Vivos Movevement's acceptance speach on our latest blog.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
June 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“We get stronger as a movement in spite of the threats & the assassinations!”
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Read Ignasi Bernat's commentary & translation of the Ríos Vivos Movevement's acceptance speach on our latest blog.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Read Ignasi Bernat's commentary & translation of the Ríos Vivos Movevement's acceptance speach on our latest blog.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
“We remain alive... to leave a better land for future generations.”
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Ignasi Bernat's commentary and translation of the speech given by the Ríos Vivos Movevement's Milena Mora is here.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Ignasi Bernat's commentary and translation of the speech given by the Ríos Vivos Movevement's Milena Mora is here.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
June 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“We remain alive... to leave a better land for future generations.”
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Ignasi Bernat's commentary and translation of the speech given by the Ríos Vivos Movevement's Milena Mora is here.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Ignasi Bernat's commentary and translation of the speech given by the Ríos Vivos Movevement's Milena Mora is here.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
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New article!
Ecocidal impunity? Wars and the profitability of the chemical corporation in the global south, by Jose Atiles & Gustavo Rojas-Páez. / @joseatiles.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecocidal impunity? Wars and the profitability of the chemical corporation in the global south, by Jose Atiles & Gustavo Rojas-Páez. / @joseatiles.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
May 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
New article!
Ecocidal impunity? Wars and the profitability of the chemical corporation in the global south, by Jose Atiles & Gustavo Rojas-Páez. / @joseatiles.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecocidal impunity? Wars and the profitability of the chemical corporation in the global south, by Jose Atiles & Gustavo Rojas-Páez. / @joseatiles.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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New article!
Ecocide in Peru: Repsol and the colonial regime of permission by Ignasi Bernat Molina.
Without addressing deeper colonial and economic dynamics, ecocide laws risk being ineffective or even counterproductive.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecocide in Peru: Repsol and the colonial regime of permission by Ignasi Bernat Molina.
Without addressing deeper colonial and economic dynamics, ecocide laws risk being ineffective or even counterproductive.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
May 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
New article!
Ecocide in Peru: Repsol and the colonial regime of permission by Ignasi Bernat Molina.
Without addressing deeper colonial and economic dynamics, ecocide laws risk being ineffective or even counterproductive.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecocide in Peru: Repsol and the colonial regime of permission by Ignasi Bernat Molina.
Without addressing deeper colonial and economic dynamics, ecocide laws risk being ineffective or even counterproductive.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
The legal profession is grappling with the ethical predicaments posed by the climate and ecological crisis. Lawyers are asking how they refuse work that contributes to climate breakdown.
Reas our latest blog from Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki here: ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...
Reas our latest blog from Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki here: ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...
May 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The legal profession is grappling with the ethical predicaments posed by the climate and ecological crisis. Lawyers are asking how they refuse work that contributes to climate breakdown.
Reas our latest blog from Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki here: ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...
Reas our latest blog from Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki here: ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...
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"Public ownership is the only way we can save our crumbling utilities"
Thames Water, more than any other privatised company, has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Thames Water, more than any other privatised company, has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Thames Water and the failures of privatisation - Red Pepper
Thames Water has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk
May 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Public ownership is the only way we can save our crumbling utilities"
Thames Water, more than any other privatised company, has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Thames Water, more than any other privatised company, has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
May 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Will Labour's plan to criminalise water bosses clean up our rivers?
Our new blog from Eleanor Godwin and @david-whyte.bsky.social, co-published with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
Our new blog from Eleanor Godwin and @david-whyte.bsky.social, co-published with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Will Labour's plan to criminalise water bosses clean up our rivers?
Our new blog from Eleanor Godwin and @david-whyte.bsky.social, co-published with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
Our new blog from Eleanor Godwin and @david-whyte.bsky.social, co-published with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
Will Labour's plan to prosecute water bosses clean up our rivers?
Read our brand new blog by Eleanor Godwin and
@david-whyte.bsky.social, co-posted with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
Read our brand new blog by Eleanor Godwin and
@david-whyte.bsky.social, co-posted with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Will Labour's plan to prosecute water bosses clean up our rivers?
Read our brand new blog by Eleanor Godwin and
@david-whyte.bsky.social, co-posted with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
Read our brand new blog by Eleanor Godwin and
@david-whyte.bsky.social, co-posted with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
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This is a terrific piece which does a great job at both critiquing the criminalisation of ecocide and offering crucial insight on the law-as-a-quick-fix and the implications thereof
This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation
Calls to criminalise ‘ecocide’ are, it seems, everywhere. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. The need for a quick and plausible fix makes intern...
www.tandfonline.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is a terrific piece which does a great job at both critiquing the criminalisation of ecocide and offering crucial insight on the law-as-a-quick-fix and the implications thereof
Laws Quick Fix?
Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.
Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.
This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation
Calls to criminalise ‘ecocide’ are, it seems, everywhere. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. The need for a quick and plausible fix makes intern...
www.tandfonline.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Laws Quick Fix?
Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.
Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.
Reposted by The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice
This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation
Calls to criminalise ‘ecocide’ are, it seems, everywhere. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. The need for a quick and plausible fix makes intern...
www.tandfonline.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social is talking at this event in London tonight!
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
April 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social is talking at this event in London tonight!
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
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Looking forward to this event at Kairos, Tottenham Court Rd London W1T 4TG.
tomorrow.
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
tomorrow.
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
April 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Looking forward to this event at Kairos, Tottenham Court Rd London W1T 4TG.
tomorrow.
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
tomorrow.
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
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Check out the short version of our Fossil Capitals piece for the @lpeblog.bsky.social, where we break down how tax havens help fossil fuel interests thrive in the Caribbean.
Fossil Capital’s Regulatory Havens in the Carribean
Offshore jurisdictions don’t just hide wealth — they enable the climate crisis by shielding the fossil fuel industry from taxes, environmental regulation, and political accountability.
lpeproject.org
April 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Check out the short version of our Fossil Capitals piece for the @lpeblog.bsky.social, where we break down how tax havens help fossil fuel interests thrive in the Caribbean.
Fossil Capital in the Caribbean
In our new blog, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social exposes the role of offshore secrecy jurisdictions in facilitating climate breakdown.
Read it here: ccccjustice.org/2025/04/22/e...
In our new blog, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social exposes the role of offshore secrecy jurisdictions in facilitating climate breakdown.
Read it here: ccccjustice.org/2025/04/22/e...
April 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Fossil Capital in the Caribbean
In our new blog, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social exposes the role of offshore secrecy jurisdictions in facilitating climate breakdown.
Read it here: ccccjustice.org/2025/04/22/e...
In our new blog, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social exposes the role of offshore secrecy jurisdictions in facilitating climate breakdown.
Read it here: ccccjustice.org/2025/04/22/e...