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/
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...
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/
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...
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)..
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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)..
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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)..
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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?
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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...
“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.
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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.
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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...
“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.
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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.
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ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
April 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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...
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.
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March 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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.
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ccccjustice.org
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ccccjustice.org
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...
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...
March 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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...
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...
We'll be at this important meeting at Pelican House
E1 5QJ tomorrow.
www.eventbrite.com/e/boycott-in...
E1 5QJ tomorrow.
www.eventbrite.com/e/boycott-in...
March 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We'll be at this important meeting at Pelican House
E1 5QJ tomorrow.
www.eventbrite.com/e/boycott-in...
E1 5QJ tomorrow.
www.eventbrite.com/e/boycott-in...
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
Graphic credit: The Guardian
March 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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
Graphic credit: The Guardian
🚨 New article out by @ccccjustice.bsky.social members: Samira Homerang Saunders, David Whyte & Angela Sherwood
'Autonomy over Life: the Struggle Against Capitalist Development in West Papua' published in @statecrime.bsky.social:
t.co/GmOD9wMRj0
'Autonomy over Life: the Struggle Against Capitalist Development in West Papua' published in @statecrime.bsky.social:
t.co/GmOD9wMRj0
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🚨 New article out by @ccccjustice.bsky.social members: Samira Homerang Saunders, David Whyte & Angela Sherwood
'Autonomy over Life: the Struggle Against Capitalist Development in West Papua' published in @statecrime.bsky.social:
t.co/GmOD9wMRj0
'Autonomy over Life: the Struggle Against Capitalist Development in West Papua' published in @statecrime.bsky.social:
t.co/GmOD9wMRj0
When does a renewables project fail to support a #justtransition?
@fossilfreeldn.bsky.social and @lawyersareresp.bsky.social attended the offices of A&O Shearman today to highlight their role in facilitating Saudi Arabia’s ‘NEOM’ project
(image credit: Fossil Free London)
@fossilfreeldn.bsky.social and @lawyersareresp.bsky.social attended the offices of A&O Shearman today to highlight their role in facilitating Saudi Arabia’s ‘NEOM’ project
(image credit: Fossil Free London)
February 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
When does a renewables project fail to support a #justtransition?
@fossilfreeldn.bsky.social and @lawyersareresp.bsky.social attended the offices of A&O Shearman today to highlight their role in facilitating Saudi Arabia’s ‘NEOM’ project
(image credit: Fossil Free London)
@fossilfreeldn.bsky.social and @lawyersareresp.bsky.social attended the offices of A&O Shearman today to highlight their role in facilitating Saudi Arabia’s ‘NEOM’ project
(image credit: Fossil Free London)
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...
Our latest blog by @angela_sherwood unpacks USAID's legacy of ecological destruction & what's next:
ccccjustice.org/2025/02/13/u...
February 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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...
Our latest blog by @angela_sherwood unpacks USAID's legacy of ecological destruction & what's next:
ccccjustice.org/2025/02/13/u...
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
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ccccjustice.org/2025/02/12/e...
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
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ccccjustice.org/2025/02/12/e...
February 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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...
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...
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
Our latest blog by @d_whyte100
: ccccjustice.org/2025/01/30/the
January 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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
Our latest blog by @d_whyte100
: ccccjustice.org/2025/01/30/the
Our new Law and Climate Justice LLB programme will qualify graduates to practise law in any field while also developing a specialism in climate justice.
Find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduat...
Find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduat...
January 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our new Law and Climate Justice LLB programme will qualify graduates to practise law in any field while also developing a specialism in climate justice.
Find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduat...
Find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduat...
🎧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
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
January 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎧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
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