Court decides on 14.04.2025

On April 14, the court will announce how Saúl Luciano Lliuya's climate lawsuit against RWE will proceed. Here you can find all information about the lawsuit and the upcoming decision.

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Here you find photos, videos, graphics and background reports on the climate lawsuit. The material may be used free of charge provided that the corresponding reference (which can be found under the respective entry) is mentioned .

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya mit Luisa Neubauer im Gebäude des OLG Hamm
Saúl Luciano Lliuya with Luisa Neubauer inside the building of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm.

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya und seine Anwältin Roda Verheyen
Saúl Luciano Lliuya and his lawyer Roda Verheyen.

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Pressestatement von Saúl Luciano Lliuya und Anwältin Roda Verheyen
Press statement by Saúl Luciano Lliuya and lawyer Roda Verheyen.

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya mit seinen Unterstützer:innen vor dem zweiten Verhandlugnstag in Hamm
Press statement by Saúl Luciano Lliuya and his lawyer Roda Verheyen.

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Anwältin Roda Verheyen und der Kläger Saúl Luciano Lliuya im OLG Hamm 17.03.2025.jpg
Lawyer Roda Verheyen and plaintiff Saúl Luciano Lliuya at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm

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Großer Medienandrang bei den Pressestatements vor dem OLG Hamm
Large media presence in front of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm during the press statements

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Saúl auf dem Weg zum Oberlandesgericht Hamm 17.03.2025
Saúl on his way to the Higher Regional Court of Hamm

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Saúl vor dem OLG
Saúl in front of the Court

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Saul und Anwältin vor dem OLG
Saúl with his lawyer Roda Verheyen in front of the Court

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya mit seinen Anwältinnen Dr. Roda Verheyen und Clara Goldmann
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Saúl Luciano Lliuya with his lawyers

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Saúl kommt in Deutschland an
Saúl arrives in Germany

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Saúl vor dem Brandenburger Tor
Saúl in Berlin in front of the Brandenburger Tor

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Saúl auf Blumenwiese
Saúl in the Andes

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Saúl in seiner Heimat Huaraz
Saúl in the countryside outside Huaraz

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Saúl auf den Hatun Machay Felsen
Saúl on the Hatun Machay Rock

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Saúl am Quillcayhuanca
Saúl auf einer Wanderung am Quillcayhuanca

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Anrissbild zu der Infografik zu den Emissionen von RWE und Peru
A comparison: historical CO2 emissions of RWE and Peru

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Anrissbild der Infografik zu den Forderungen von Saúl Luciano Lliuya
Saúl's demand and RWE's profits

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Markup image for the infographic on carbon majors
100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions

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Outline of the infographic on the causal chain of the RWE case
The RWE case at a glance

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4 Mitarbeiter:innen von Germanwatch mit einem großen Bild von Saúl Luciano Lliuya und einem Schild mit der Aufschrift #End Fossil Fuels
Team of Germanwatch at the climate demo of Fridays for Future

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Mehrere Personen mit einem Banner von Germanwatch und einem Schild mit der Aufschrift "Ich bin hier, Ich bin laut, weil ihr mir die Zukunft klaut". Im Hintergrund wird ein großes Bild von Saúl Luciano Lliuya hochgehalten.
Team of Germanwatch at the climate demo of Fridays for Future

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The significance of climate litigation for the political debate on Loss & Damage

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The policy brief addresses the role of climate litigation and legal claims for loss and damage and the potentical that climate litigation holds in redressing these claims.

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Germanwatch at the global climate demonstration by Fridays For Future

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Christoph Bals speaks about the climate case at the global climate demonstration

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Climate change in the courtroom: An anthropology of neighborly relations

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This article follows a groundbreaking climate justice lawsuit between a Peruvian farmer and major energy company in a German court, a strategic political intervention addressing the inequities of global warming.

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya talks about the dangers of glacier melt in the Andes

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Confluence of two rivers coming from the Cordillera Blanca mountain range

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A piece of ice detaches from the Palcaraju Glacier

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Lawyer Roda Verheyen, plaintiff Saúl Luciano Lliuya and external Germanwatch-advisor on climate litigation Noah Walker-Crawford in Huaraz

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Plaintiff Saúl Luciano Lliuya in Huaraz at the river through which the glacial water flows.

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Lawyer Roda Verheyen, plaintiff Saúl Luciano Lliuya, External Germanwatch Advisor on climate litigation Noah Walker-Crawford and Christoph Bals, Policy Director at Germanwatch, in Huaraz.

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Plaintiff Saúl Luciano Lliuya in his house in Huaraz. He decided to go to Court and sue the German energy company RWE.

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Glacial lake Palcacocha surrounded by the Pucaranra glacier and Palcaraju glacier. Due to glacier melting the lake is growing and could cause a flood wave on the city of Huaraz.

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Provisional pumping system at glacial lake Palcacocha which is not sufficient to prevent the city of being flooded because of the melting glaciers.

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Plaintiff Saúl Luciano Lliuya at glacial lake Palcacocha, which is growing because of the melting glaciar due tu climate change.

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Palcacocha glacial lake surrounded by the Pucaranra and Palcaraju glaciers

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Provisional pumping system at glacial lake Palcacocha which is not sufficient to prevent the city of being flooded because of the melting glaciers.

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Glacial Lake Palcacocha in the Peruvian Andes

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Lake Palcacocha surrounded by the glaciers Pucaranra and Palcaraju.

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Simulation of the threatening flood

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Plaintiff Saúl Luciano Lliuya at glacial lake Palcacocha, which is growing because of the melting glaciar due tu climate change.

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Banner of the RWE case
Factsheet

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Kassel Citizens' Award

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Kassel Citizen's award

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Lessons from 5 years Paris Climate Agreement - 5 years climate litigation against RWE

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Online event on November 24, 2020, to celebrate the filing of Saúl Luciano Lliuya's lawsuit against RWE exactly five years ago.

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya at the COP23 in Bonn, Germany

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya and Noah Walker-Crawford on first day of trial

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya being interviewed

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Hamm Higher Regional Court on climate lawsuit against RWE

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya and his lawyers at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm for the climate lawsuit against RWE

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Roda Verheyen und Saúl Luciano Lliuya vor dem Oberlandesgericht Hamm
Press at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm during negotiations on the climate lawsuit against RWE

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Press conference at Hamm Higher Regional Court on climate lawsuit against RWE.

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya at the climate protest in Bonn

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya at a climate protest in Bonn, Germany

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya at the climate protest in Bonn

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Glacial Lake Palcacocha in the Peruvian Andes

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Glacial Lake Palcacocha with a temporary pumping system

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Risk map

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya being interviewed

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Filing of the claim at the Regional Court of Essen

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Garzweiler opencast lignite mine

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The Case of Huaraz: Saúl versus RWE

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Saúl Luciano Lliuya from Huaraz/Peru

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