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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 · Sep 9

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 · Sep 3

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 · Aug 1

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...

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Red Pepper @redpeppermag.bsky.social · May 16

"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 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

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David Whyte @david-whyte.bsky.social · Jul 3

Looking forward to hearing what the answer is to this.

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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Jun 26

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...

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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Jun 17

“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...

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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Jun 16

“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...

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Jun 13

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

From Hillsborough to Grenfell | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

www.crimeandjustice.org.uk

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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · May 27

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 · May 19

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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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · May 12

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...

ABSTRACT
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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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Apr 28

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....

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

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@350NYC @350nyc.bsky.social · Apr 22

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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David Whyte @david-whyte.bsky.social · Apr 22

Looking forward to this event at Kairos, Tottenham Court Rd London W1T 4TG.

tomorrow.

www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...

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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Apr 22

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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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · Apr 21

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.

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

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Jose Atiles @joseatiles.bsky.social · Apr 21

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-...

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

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David Whyte @david-whyte.bsky.social · Apr 14

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

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Apr 14

🔴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...

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

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David Whyte @david-whyte.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thanks Jeremy. not exactly a weekend read I would choose. But its good to hear you are doing lectures on this. On that basis, I would massively recommend your courses! Good luck with the lectures.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Apr 14

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

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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · Apr 4

"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

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...

www.beyondthepalebooks.com

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Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · Feb 17

#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....

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...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Feb 13

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 · Feb 12

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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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Jan 30

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 · Jan 16

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...

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...

defendourjuries.org

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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Jan 10

🎧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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