David Ritter

David Ritter is an author, speaker, and leader focused on the climate crisis in Australia, with a strong emphasis on action through hopeful, solutions-oriented frames. He is currently the CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific, and previously served as a senior campaigner and Head of Biodiversity for Greenpeace UK. Earlier in his career, he was one of Australia’s leading Indigenous rights lawyers.

He is a widely published commentator on politics, law, history, and current affairs, and the author of Contesting Native Title (2009), The Native Title Market (2009), and lead author of The Coal Truth: The fight to stop Adani, defeat the big polluters and reclaim our democracy (2018). He holds honorary affiliations with the University of Sydney and the University of Western Australia.