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David Whyte

@david-whyte.bsky.social
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Professor of Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London Law School. Director of @ccccjustice.bsky.social. Op eds. in The Independent, The Guardian, The Age, The Herald and Al Jazeera.

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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 · 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 · 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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@350NYC @350nyc.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Read the report by @ccccjustice and see how asset mgrs encourage the ongoing expansion of oil and gas production. ccccjustice.org/wp-content/u...
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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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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
3 weeks after the atrocity it was already clear there was prima facie evidence for charges of corporate manslaughter against the clearly responsible public and private corporations which produced the fire: www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/hi... @david-whyte.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social
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From Hillsborough to Grenfell | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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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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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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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 · 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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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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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
New article! Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation by @pashukanist.bsky.social & @david-whyte.bsky.social The article challenges, from a critical perspective, the idea that to deal with ecocide we merely need to change the law. doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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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 international law assume a very specific allure to those who seek to combat. We argue that the proposed crime of ecocide is unable to tackle the social reality of ecocide and may indeed compromise further our ability to do so. At the same time, it argues that it is neither desirable nor possible for us to simply ‘abandon’ the law; until the system of production is transformed, environmental struggles will necessarily be forced to reckon with law and to demand regulatory outcomes.
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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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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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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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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
“political leaders are currently showing unprecedented support for Big Oil ... If we really want to ‘drain the swamp’, we need to start with the big asset managers who are able to keep getting richer and richer by increasing fossil fuel production”.
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Jose Atiles @joseatiles.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
New on @lpeblog.bsky.social and @lpeproject.bsky.social : @david-whyte.bsky.social and I have a new piece out. We explore how the fossil fuel industry uses tax havens to shield toxic assets while reproducing colonial extractive logics. Read here: lpeproject.org/blog/fossil-...
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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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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Today, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social explain how offshore jurisdictions enable the climate crisis by shielding the fossil fuel industry from taxes, environmental regulation, and political accountability.
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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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David Whyte @david-whyte.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
My latest research report for @ccccjustice.bsky.social, published tomorrow... ccccjustice.org/publications/ @europeangroup.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @gndrising.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @shellslies.bsky.social @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social
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Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
#Earlyview Paper by @joseatiles.bsky.social & @david-whyte.bsky.social examines ‘Regulatory Havens’ links to climate change via mechanisms that enable fossil fuel capital to avoid tax, regulations, sanctions, & social and political conflicts #RegGov #Climate onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Fossil Capital in the Caribbean: The Toxic Role of “Regulatory Havens” in Climate Change
Secrecy jurisdictions play a crucial role in the legal framework perpetuating climate change. This paper demonstrates how these jurisdictions sustain the dynamics of climate change by enabling capita...
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
"Riveting as a story, compelling as a political analysis & utterly devastating in its portrayal of the subversion of law & legal process" says @niaolainf.bsky.social on book by @paddyzemia.bsky.social www.beyondthepalebooks.com/shopnewbooks... @david-whyte.bsky.social @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social
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shoot-to-kill in Northern Ireland — beyond the pale books – books on Irish society and politics
State agents and informers murdered with impunity during the conflict in Northern Ireland – the outcome of a secret and illegal strategy introduced by MI5 in 1981. John Stalker uncovered this during a...
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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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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 · 12/02/2025
Should oil executives lecture us on climate action? Our centre co-director @david-whyte.bsky.social reflects on last night's QMUL event featuring ex-BP CEO Lord Browne--and its disruption by @fossilfreeldn.bsky.social 👇🏾 ccccjustice.org/2025/02/12/e...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
What does USAID's dismantling say about the changing nature of U.S. imperialism? Our latest blog by @angela_sherwood unpacks USAID's legacy of ecological destruction & what's next: ccccjustice.org/2025/02/13/u...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The protests this week outside the Royal Courts of Justice were a historic moment of exposure for the British legal system. Our latest blog by @d_whyte100 : ccccjustice.org/2025/01/30/the
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XR Lewisham @xrlewisham.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Defend Our Juries' action to reduce sentences of peaceful climate & other protesters currently in jail Chris Packham's short message and more info: defendourjuries.org/free-politic...
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Open Calls - Defend Our Juries
”We will fight for that right to free protest. We will fight for democracy in the UK.” – Chris Packham. • Defend Our Juries and the Free Political Prisoners campaign are calling on concerned groups an...
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🎧How can law students lead the fight for climate justice? Tune into a new podcast with @angela_sherwood and @cybersobiecki.bsky.social as they discuss lawyering for the climate movement & @QMSchoolofLaw's new 'LLB in Law and Climate Justice' -- the first in the UK!! open.spotify.com/episode/54mJlt
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