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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice is a research centre based at Queen Mary University of London.
Our work exposes climate offenders and supports social movements fighting for climate justice.
Defending the river, defending life
This year’s Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLASCO) Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Ignasi Bernat reports, and we reproduce the movement's acceptance speech.
Refusing work that causes climate breakdown
The legal profession is increasingly grappling with the ethical predicaments posed by the climate and ecological crisis. How can lawyers refuse work that directly contributes to environmental harm? Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki report.
Criminalisation vs public ownership
Earlier this month, the government announced that water CEOs who cover up sewage spills will go to jail. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why this is less radical than it sounds.
Fossil capital in the Caribbean
Jose Atiles and David Whyte report on recently published research which exposes the role of offshore secrecy jurisdictions and the wreckage of climate breakdown.
Environmental racism in the green province
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 and devastated the lives of half and million people.