German court rejects Peruvian farmer’s climate case against RWE | Climate Crisis News

Judge rules that companies ‘may be obligated to take preventive measures’ to counter their emissions.

A German court has thrown out a Peruvian farmer’s lawsuit seeking damages from RWE for the German energy utility’s alleged role in putting his hometown at risk through climate change, but set a potentially important precedent on polluters’ liability for their carbon emissions.

The higher regional court in the western city of Hamm on Wednesday blocked the landmark complaint brought…