Articles by: David Ritter

Author Biography:

David Ritter is the CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. David’s most recent book is The Coal Truth: The Fight to Stop Adani, Defeat the Big Polluters and Reclaim our Democracy. David also holds affiliations with the University of Western Australia and the University of Sydney. Before joining Greenpeace, David was one of Australia’s leading Indigenous land rights lawyers.

Twitter: David_Ritter; Instagram: davidr_greenpeace

‘Your Lives Are Nothing to Me’: Political responses to the rise of climate as super-actor

Arena Quarterly no.12

David Ritter

Dec 2022

It was not only the scale of social and material destruction of the world wars but the collective experience of suffering that enabled the post-conflict remaking of societies.

Gaslit Futures: How Gas Giant Woodside Gets What It Wants

Arena Quarterly no.10

David Ritter

Jun 2022

At a time when the International Energy Agency (IEA) has called for a total moratorium on opening any new coal, oil or gas projects to avoid climate disaster, Woodside is hell-bent on locking in increasing greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come.

Empire of the Dead: The Fossil Fuel Order and the clean-energy rebellion

Arena Quarterly no. 6

David Ritter

Jun 2021

The reality is that none of our cherished futures are possible if the burning of coal, oil and gas remains business as usual; the fond horizon will be a bitter mirage for as long as the Fossil Fuel Order stands.