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Pakistani farmers sue German firms over climate flood damage

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Pakistani farmers have filed a lawsuit against German companies RWE and Heidelberg Materials, alleging their emissions contributed to the devastating 2022 floods in Pakistan's Sindh province. The farmers argue that industrial pollution knows no borders and that these companies should be held accountable for climate change damages. This legal action represents a novel attempt to make major polluters pay for the impacts of climate change. AI

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Pakistani farmers sue German firms over climate flood damage

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 Dansk(DA) · Agence France-Presse ·

    Pakistani farmers sue German firms for flood damage: ‘no borders in sky’

    In a Pakistani village nestled in rice fields, Abdul Hafeez Khoso remembers the vast industrial zones he saw in Germany when he visited to file a pioneering climate legal case. “They’re spreading pollution: up in the sky there are no borders, it can affect anywhere,” the 43-year-…

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