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Polluters Have to Pay: Pakistani farmers take climate justice fight against RWE and Heidelberg Materials to German court
In the summer of 2022, Pakistan suffered its worst climate-related disaster: unprecedented heavy, rainfall during the monsoon flooded one third of the country, deprived millions of their livelihoods, and killed more than 1,700 people.
RWE and Heidelberg Materials rank among the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters and are among the three biggest in Germany. Their business practices stand as emblematic of an economic model that has contributed unabated to the climate crisis for decades.
Time has come to hold major polluters accountable.
Read more:
climatecostcase.org
https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/pakistan-climate-cost-case/
Polluters Have to Pay: Pakistani farmers take climate justice fight against RWE and Heidelberg Materials to German court
In the summer of 2022, Pakistan suffered its worst climate-related disaster: unprecedented heavy, rainfall during the monsoon flooded one third of the country, deprived millions of their livelihoods, and killed more than 1,700 people.
RWE and Heidelberg Materials rank among the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters and are among the three biggest in Germany. Their business practices stand as emblematic of an economic model that has contributed unabated to the climate crisis for decades.
Time has come to hold major polluters accountable.
Read more:
climatecostcase.org
https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/pakistan-climate-cost-case/
