The hearings of the climate case #SaulvsRWE just ended in Hamm🇩🇪.
By reaffirming the #PolluterPays principle, the Court shifted the legal dial, not just in Germany but worldwide: the era of holding major polluters accountable for climate harms has begun: https://www.ciel.org/news/rwe-vs-saul-historic-climate-hearings/
By reaffirming the #PolluterPays principle, the Court shifted the legal dial, not just in Germany but worldwide: the era of holding major polluters accountable for climate harms has begun: https://www.ciel.org/news/rwe-vs-saul-historic-climate-hearings/
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A #FossilFuel giant being forced to answer in court for its role in climate harm is a seismic shift—signaling the beginning of the end of the era of industry’s impunity.
⚖️ As a matter of law, #MajorPolluters’ contributions to climate harm carry legal consequences. ⚖️
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& in the words of Roda Verheyen, the lawyer who led the legal strategy in #SaulvsRWE 👇
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