A Peruvian farmer takes on Germany’s largest electricity firm
The outcome of the climate lawsuit will have global implications
It takes two bumpy hours in a 4x4 to climb from the city of Huaraz, 3,000 metres up in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca mountain range, to the turquoise puddle of Lake Palcacocha, 1,500m higher. On May 25th a convoy of 16 vehicles made the ascent, kicking up dust as it went. It carried an unusual group of people, including a Huaracino farmer, his lawyers, judges from Germany and Peru, and climate scientists.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Fight the power company”
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