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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice

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The CCCCJ is based at Queen Mary University of London School of Law. We produce research that supports climate defenders and exposes climate offenders. ccccjustice.org

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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
📣 In our latest blog, Stefanie Khoury discusses the recent UNGA vote on the ICJ landmark advisory opinion on climate obligations -- and the possibilities for a new kind of climate politics. Read here: ccccjustice.org/2026/06/22/t...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
📣 New on the CCCCJ blog - Maya Fitchett presents key findings of @netpol.org's report 'How Repression became Routine' - which outlines latest attacks on protest rights in Britain & shows why documenting this landscape of repression is vital for social movements ccccjustice.org/2026/06/15/h...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Join us for a one-day conference 'What About the Land?' - which will look at interdisciplinary perspectives on land shortage in the context of environmental collapse Link to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-about...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In our latest blog, Vilson Santin of Brazil's landless workers' movement explains how MST is fighting and winning the struggle against toxic farming -- and what this means for producing healthy food and defending nature 👇 ccccjustice.org/2026/04/20/f...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The Universities pension scheme (USS) claims it's divesting from coal. Yet data shows USS remains invested in 43 of the biggest coal companies in the world, amongst those listed on the latest Global Coal Exit List. What's happening? Bill Spence checks the facts: ccccjustice.org/2026/03/19/u...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
📣 Be sure to sign up for our next event! Occupy, Resist, Produce! The struggle for land in the Planalto Catarinense Room 313, Law Building, QMUL on April 1st, 17:30 - 19:30 (details below) Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985130917...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📢New on the CCCCJ Blog: Switzerland's Climate Paradox Stefanie Khoury explores Switzerland’s deep links with the fossil economy, its global climate impacts, and what needs to change. ccccjustice.org/2026/02/11/s...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Plants against Property🌱 In our latest blog, @sarahkeenan.bsky.social explores how corporate risk, colonial histories and market logics shape land value - and how plants push back, forcing land to be used as a habitat & resource rather than a market commodity ccccjustice.org/2026/02/02/e...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
📢📢Don't miss this upcoming event at QMUL Medicine Under Attack: Testimonies from Gaza with Dr. Guy Shalev and Dr. Said Eid Tuesday, Feb 10 from 6:15 pm to 8 pm Eventbrite below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medicine-u...
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Medicine Under Attack: Testimonies from Gaza
Medicine Under Attack: Testimonies from Gaza with Dr. Guy Shalev and Dr. Said Eid
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Our latest blog reports on a campaign to save a 170-year-old oak tree in Essex - a test case for corporate greenwashing & environmental law. ccccjustice.org/2026/01/21/t... @stopthechop.bsky.social
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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...
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Monika Sobiecki @cybersobiecki.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
“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...
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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...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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/
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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.
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
“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...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
“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...
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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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...
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This article interrogates the impact that the codification of the International Crime of Ecocide may have in addressing and curtailing the environmental harms produced by the chemical industry in Latin America and the Global South. We contend that the International Crime of Ecocide should challenge the historical narratives that have informed international law and its relationship with colonialism. The role that Monsanto/Bayer plays in ecocidal practices such as the development, testing, and use of Agent Orange as war technology is examined, and we demonstrate its connection with current uses of Glyphosate in the war on drugs. At the center of this reflection are the connections between the chemical corporation, state crime, war, and ecocide. This allows us to offer a broader picture of the sociolegal and criminogenic practices that have historically contributed to ecocide and the normalization of corporate impunity in the Global South, specifically after World War II.
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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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...
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Stop Ecocide’s proposal to criminalize ecocide under the International Criminal Court relies on states’ capacity to punish offenders, often focusing narrowly on immediate ecological harm rather than structural causes. Recent scholarship highlights the state’s infrastructural role in enabling environmental crime through legal and economic frameworks facilitating capital accumulation. This paper examines the 2022 Repsol oil spill in Peru as a case study, demonstrating how the disaster resulted from long-term decisions by both Spanish and Peruvian states. It argues that ecocide must be understood within a colonial matrix that enriches fossil capital while creating conditions for ecological destruction. By analysing the historical relationship between Repsol, Spanish financial capital, and the Peruvian state, the paper reveals how criminalising discrete events overlooks systemic complicity. Without addressing these deeper colonial and economic dynamics, ecocide laws risk being ineffective or even counterproductive. The paper calls for a shift in focus from isolated crimes to the structural processes enabling environmental harm.
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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...
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Red Pepper Media @redpeppermag.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
"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...
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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
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Find it here! ccccjustice.org/2025/05/07/c...
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Criminalisation vs Public Ownership – Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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
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Anastasiya Kotova @anastasiyakotova.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Laws Quick Fix? Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.
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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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....
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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...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social is talking at this event in London tonight! www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
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David Whyte @david-whyte.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Looking forward to this event at Kairos, Tottenham Court Rd London W1T 4TG. tomorrow. www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
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Jose Atiles @joseatiles.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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.
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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.
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Check out our latest research report on the movers and shakers behind Big Oil. Reported by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🔴The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
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The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Check out our latest research report on the movers and shakers behind Big Oil. Reported by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
In our latest blog, Shodona Kettle and Andrea Castillo report on a devastating oil spill in Ecuador that has destroyed sections of the Esmeraldas river in the eastern Amazonian region of Ecuador & devastated the lives of half and million people. 👇👇👇 ccccjustice.org
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"Inclusion in the Convention is a symbolic step. The long durée of struggles among Afro-descendant communities & Indigenous Peoples in Latin America & the Caribbean underscore the need for sustainable reparative models." Shodona Kettle writes powerfully in our latest blog. 👇
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
👀 👀 👀 Coming up next week....Our very own @natashawalter.bsky.social, feminist writer and Hon Prof at the CCCCJ will speak at this event at @qmul. She will argue that understanding resistance of the past can strengthen activists today. Don't miss it! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-ea...
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History East: A Festival of History at Queen Mary
Join a galaxy of talent from the worlds of historical fiction, politics and diplomacy, feminism and drama to ask ‘Why History Matters’!
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
No climate justice, no racial justice, no peace! Read the latest CCCCJ blog by @Shae_Pixie_Kay exploring the justice struggles faced by Indigenous and Afro-descended communities across Latin America and the Caribbean.👇 ccccjustice.org/2025/03/20/n...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We'll be at this important meeting at Pelican House E1 5QJ tomorrow. www.eventbrite.com/e/boycott-in...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Over 70 West Papuan tribes, political groups, and customary and civil society organisations have endorsed the Indonesia boycott campaign. We'll be joining them in Central London next week - Thursday 20th March - at the launch of this important campaign. www.eventbrite.com/e/boycott-in...
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Boycott Indonesia for a Free West Papua
Join us as we launch the boycott Indonesia campaign in solidarity with occupied West Papua (Central London, exact location TBC)!
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The report also strikes a more positive note - the Carbon Majors database and reports have now been relied upon in a number of legal cases worldwide, including Climate Superfund litigation in New York and Vermont, and ClientEarth’s complaint against BlackRock for misleading investors.
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The largest state-owned emitters named in the report include Saudi Aramco, Coal India, CHN Energy (China) and the largest investor-owned corporate emitters include ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell. Graphic credit: The Guardian
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
In a list dominated by state-owned entities (16/20), the top 20 highest carbon-producing entities collectively accounted for 17.5 GtCO2e in emissions in 2023, with their CO2 emissions representing 40.8% of global carbon emissions.
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Carbon Majors describes itself as a database of historical production data from 180 of the world’s largest oil, gas, coal, and cement producers; it is updated annually and available at: carbonmajors.org
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An independent think tank producing data-driven analysis on how business and finance are impacting the climate crisis
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