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Climate lawsuit against RWE: next hearing dates set

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Published: February 6th, 2025,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Saúl Luciano Lliuya in November 2016 before the Essen Regional Court, which dismissed his claim. The Hamm Higher Regional Court upheld his appeal in 2017. The lawsuit has been ongoing ever since.

The hearing on the lawsuit filed by the Peruvian mountain guide and farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya against the power company RWE will continue on March 17 and 19 before the Higher Regional Court of Hamm. As the court announced in a statement, the two appointed experts – a geoscientist and structural engineer as well as an expert on natural hazards – will then provide additional information on a previously submitted expert opinion. The date had been long anticipated. The court had initially aimed for the trial to continue in the first half of 2023.

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