Justice & Paix

Devant le tribunal de l'entreprise de Tournai, un agriculteur wallon et trois ONG demanderont réparation à TotalÉnergies pour son rôle dans le dérèglement climatique.

Le procès intenté par l’agriculteur Hugues Falys à TotalEnergies pour sa responsabilité dans le dérèglement climatique débute ce mercredi 19 novembre devant le tribunal de l’entreprise de Tournai. Cet agriculteur de Bois-de-Lessines avait déposé plainte en mars 2024. Il a rapidement été rejoint dans son combat baptisé "The Farmer Case" par trois ONG : FIAN, Greenpeace et la Ligue des droits humains.

A German court has delivered a landmark ruling in a climate lawsuit brought by Peruvian farmer, Saúl Luciano Lliuya, against German energy giant RWE. The German Higher Regional Court of Hamm has ruled that, in principle, companies can be held liable to people halfway around the world for their contribution to the impacts and risks of climate change . While the Court ultimately dismissed Mr Lliuya’s claim, its reasoning represents a significant breakthrough for climate litigation globally. Below we explain what the Court decided, why it matters, and what it might mean in a New Zealand context with Smith v Fonterra still moving through the courts.

Even if agricultural practices adapt in response to higher temperatures, five of the world's six main staple crops will suffer severe losses due to climate change. Global corn yields are projected to fall by about 12 or 28 per cent by the end of the century

Growing food is a precarious business, and losing access to key information makes it worse.

The EU have introduced a new regulation on the import of products linked to deforestation – but will this reduce deforestation globally?

As China's record heatwave starts to subside, farmers are assessing the damage caused by a prolonged drought and the government is urging them to replant or switch crops where they can.

Allhoff-Cramer claims that the automaker is partly responsible for the impact of global heating on the farming industry and wants Volkswagen to stop making combustion engines by 2030. "Farmers are already being hit harder and faster by climate change than expected," says Allhoff-Cramer.

Intensive agriculture’s insatiable thirst for water is turning wetland to wasteland, draining rivers and polluting groundwater

An open letter sent on behalf of 1.8 million Fairtrade producers worldwide, ahead of COP26, urges world leaders to keep their promise to provide $100 billion in annual finance to low-income nations disproportionately hit by the climate crisis.