A German court rejected a landmark climate case against energy giant RWE, but said that companies can be held liable for the impacts of their emissions.
The case was brought by a Peruvian farmer, who alleged that RWE ā for more than a century one of Europeās biggest electricity producers ā contributed disproportionately to climate change, which in turn melted glaciers that now threaten the farmerās property.
Although the court did not consider the threat to the farmerās property as imminent, the ruling nonetheless represents a tailwind for lawsuits against fossil fuel companies. āIt is an immense historic shifting of the dial,ā the farmerās lawyer told DW.
