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For years, Pakistan has experienced the destructive force of extreme weather events due to climate change: floods, droughts and heatwaves have destroyed crops, infrastructure and livelihoods. In the summer of 2022, the country suffered its worst climate-related disaster on record: heavy, persistent rainfall flooded approximately one third of the country. 43 farmers from three villages in the Sindh region of Pakistan that were particularly affected by flooding are demanding compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials. In their quest for justice, they are supported by ECCHR and medico international, which has been working closely with the Pakistani organizations NTUF and HANDS for over 10 years.
• More about this case can be found on the campagne website: climatecostcase.org/en and on the ECCHR homepage: https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/pakistan-climate-cost-case/
• More Information on ECCHR work on climate justice can be found here: https://www.ecchr.eu/en/climate/
The case is being supported by the human rights organizations medico international and ECCHR and the Pakistani organizations HANDS Welfare Foundation and the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF). The claimants are being represented by the lawyers Roda Verheyen and John Peters.
For years, Pakistan has experienced the destructive force of extreme weather events due to climate change: floods, droughts and heatwaves have destroyed crops, infrastructure and livelihoods. In the summer of 2022, the country suffered its worst climate-related disaster on record: heavy, persistent rainfall flooded approximately one third of the country. 43 farmers from three villages in the Sindh region of Pakistan that were particularly affected by flooding are demanding compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials. In their quest for justice, they are supported by ECCHR and medico international, which has been working closely with the Pakistani organizations NTUF and HANDS for over 10 years.
• More about this case can be found on the campagne website: climatecostcase.org/en and on the ECCHR homepage: https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/pakistan-climate-cost-case/
• More Information on ECCHR work on climate justice can be found here: https://www.ecchr.eu/en/climate/
The case is being supported by the human rights organizations medico international and ECCHR and the Pakistani organizations HANDS Welfare Foundation and the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF). The claimants are being represented by the lawyers Roda Verheyen and John Peters.
