While a top appeals court has rejected the farmer’s climate change lawsuit against German energy goliath RWE, the court has set a potential precedent by holding that major polluters can, in principle, be held liable for the costs caused by their carbon emissions under German civil law.

In an eagerly awaited ruling, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm yesterday (28 May) dismissed Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya’s long-running case against German energy company RWE which accused the comp
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