Saul Luciano Lliuya, a Peruvian farmer, is engaged in a protracted court battle against German coal giant RWE over climate change-linked flood risks from melting glaciers. His case, which began in 2015, claims that RWE's emissions endanger his home in Huaraz, prompting the court to consider the precedent it sets for holding fossil fuel companies liable for global climate damages. While scientific studies confirm fossil fuel emissions contribute to glacier melt, quantifying the exact flood risk to Lliuya's home has proven complex, demonstrating the legal intricacies involved in attributing personal harm to climate pollution.
"Lliuya filed a case in 2015 against RWE, one of the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters, but which has never operated in Peru."
"This case is just the beginning," said Roda Verheyen, Lliuya's lawyer. "It's a trampoline for similar cases."
"The judges heard differing evaluations of the chance of climate-fuelled floods hitting Lliuya's home in the Andean town of Huaraz."
"Scientists have established that the pollution from burning fossil fuels has heated the planet and melted glaciers, which are projected to lose one quarter of their global mass by 2100."
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