39 Pakistani farmers sue two German firms over 2022 flood losses

Farmers from Sindh are pursuing a climate lawsuit against energy company RWE and cement maker Heidelberg Materials, arguing that the firms’ emissions contributed to climate change and worsened the 2022 floods. Both companies deny wrongdoing; the civil case is expected to take years. (00f91dae-652a-447f-a1df-d7921e14bb2f)

• Thirty-nine farmers from Sindh are suing RWE and Heidelberg Materials in Germany over losses from Pakistan’s 2022 floods. (00f91dae-652a-447f-a1df-d7921e14bb2f)· 1 source
• The farmers argue the companies’ climate-warming emissions contributed to climate change and intensified the rains; both firms deny the claims. (00f91dae-652a-447f-a1df-d7921e14bb2f)· 1 source
• The case will proceed through a civil process likely to take years, and a ruling requiring emissions-proportionate compensation could be significant, according to lawyers cited in the report. (00f91dae-652a-447f-a1df-d7921e14bb2f)· 1 source