Can fossil fuel companies finally be held responsible for damage caused by their commercial models?
In Germany, a historic climate case should be decided later this month. It started 10 years ago when Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya Begun to continue the German energy giant RWE, claiming that the company's contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions makes responsible for a proportion of the increase in increased flood in its property.
Whether or not his case goes to the next step, where the court would assess whether RWE's contribution to the risk of flooding is legally significant, is almost out of words. He has…
