Saul Luciano Lliuya first filed a lawsuit in 2015 at a court in the western city of Essen, where RWE is headquartered
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The 44-year-old believes that, as one of the world's top emitters of carbon dioxide, the German firm is partly responsible for the flood risk
The ruling was a 'milestone' for climate litigation, Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya's lawyer Roda Verheyen (C) said in a statement
The court rejected Lliuya's claim, saying there was 'no concrete danger to his property' from a potential flood
A German court on Wednesday rejected a climate case brought by a Peruvian farmer against energy giant RWE, but set a potentially important pre…
Lliuya wants RWE to share the cost of protecting his hometown from flood risks
A lignite-fired power station in Germany operated by energy giant RWE
A Peruvian farmer taking a German energy giant to court said Monday he is battling for "climate justice" and wants the company to pay for the …