{"id":29430,"date":"2025-05-31T08:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29430"},"modified":"2025-05-31T08:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:03:26","slug":"german-court-rejects-peruvian-farmers-landmark-climate-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/05\/31\/german-court-rejects-peruvian-farmers-landmark-climate-case\/","title":{"rendered":"German court rejects Peruvian farmer’s landmark climate case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A court in Germany has rejected a lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy giant RWE in a long-awaited decision.<\/b><\/p>\n

Sa\u00fal Luciano Lliuya had argued that the firm’s global emissions contributed to the melting of glaciers in Peru – threatening his hometown of Huaraz with flooding.<\/p>\n

He was seeking \u20ac17,000 (\u00a314,250) in compensation – money he said he would use to pay for a flood defence project to protect the city.<\/p>\n

However, the higher regional court in the German city of Hamm on Wednesday blocked the case from proceeding further and ruled out any appeals, putting an end to Mr Lliuya’s 10-year legal battle.<\/p>\n

RWE said it was not active in Peru and questioned why it was singled out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It also pointed to its plans to phase out its coal-fired power plants and become carbon neutral by 2040.<\/p>\n

In their ruling on Wednesday, judges deemed that the flood risk to the property of Mr Lliuya was not high enough for the case to proceed.<\/p>\n

However, in what climate change groups have hailed as a win, they did say that energy companies could be held responsible for the costs caused by their carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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