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

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 · 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 4

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.

Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · Sep 3

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.

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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 · Sep 2

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

Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 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.

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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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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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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · May 27

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...

ABSTRACT
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 · May 15

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...

ABSTRACT
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 · 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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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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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · May 19

Find it here!

ccccjustice.org/2025/05/07/c...

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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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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · May 19

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 · Apr 28

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

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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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Apr 29

Laws Quick Fix?

Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.

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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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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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Apr 23

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 · 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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Jose Atiles @joseatiles.bsky.social · Apr 22

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

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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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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Apr 14

Check out our latest research report on the movers and shakers behind Big Oil.

Reported by @bylinetimes.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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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · Apr 15

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.

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