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Fossil energies: Three times more lawsuits against oil, gas and coal companies

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Published: September 12th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Saúl Luciano Lliuya from Peru in front of the Essen Regional Court in November 2016. It was the beginning of his lawsuit against RWE.

Since the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, the number of new climate lawsuits filed annually against the largest oil, gas and coal companies has almost tripled. This is the conclusion of the latest report „Big Oil in Court,“ jointly compiled by Zero Carbon Analytics and Oil Change International. According to the report, at least 86 court cases are currently pending against oil companies such as BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, RWE, Shell and TotalEnergies. The analysis only examined lawsuits against major oil, gas and coal producers. Other legal actions, such as those against car manufacturers, banks or states, were not included.

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