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The Standard
18-07-2025
- Business
- The Standard
China threatens to block Panama ports deal unless its shipping giant gets stake
A drone view shows cranes and containers at the new megaport being built by China's state-owned Cosco Shipping in Chancay, Peru October 24, 2024. REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo
Straits Times
28-05-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
German court throws out Peruvian farmer's climate case against RWE
View of the discharge pipes in Lake Palcacocha, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers. REUTERS/Angela Ponce View of Palcacocha Lake, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers. REUTERS/Angela Ponce Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, poses for a photo in front of Lake Palcacocha, before the verdict of the high regional German court in Hamm, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, poses for a photo in front of glacier Palcaraju, before the verdict of the high regional German court in Hamm, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce View of Palcacocha Lake, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers. REUTERS/Angela Ponce HAMM, Germany - A German court on Wednesday threw out a Peruvian farmer's lawsuit seeking damages from RWE for the German energy utility's alleged role in putting his home at risk through climate change. The court said no appeal was possible in the decade-old case of farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya claiming that RWE's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers and to higher flood risk to his home. Using data from the Carbon Majors database which tracks historic emissions from major fossil fuel producers, Lliuya has said that RWE is responsible for nearly 0.5% of global man-made emissions since the industrial revolution and must pay a proportional share of the costs needed to adapt to climate change. For a $3.5 million flood defence project needed in his region, RWE's share would be around $17,500, according to Lliuya's calculations. The 44-year-old farmer, whose family grows corn, wheat, barley and potatoes in a hilly region outside Huaraz, has said he chose to sue RWE because it is one of the biggest polluters in Europe - rather than any particular company projects near his home. RWE, which is phasing out its coal-fired power plants, has said a single emitter of carbon dioxide cannot be held responsible for global warming. REUTERS Find out more about climate change and how it could affect you on the ST microsite here.
Straits Times
28-05-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
German court to rule on Peruvian farmer versus RWE climate case
View of the discharge pipes in Lake Palcacocha, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers. REUTERS/Angela Ponce View of Palcacocha Lake, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers. REUTERS/Angela Ponce View of Palcacocha Lake, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers. REUTERS/Angela Ponce View of the discharge pipes in Lake Palcacocha, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers. REUTERS/Angela Ponce Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is suing German energy utility RWE, arguing that the company's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, poses for a photo in front of Lake Palcacocha, before the verdict of the high regional German court in Hamm, in Huaraz, Peru May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce A German court is due to decide on Wednesday whether a lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy giant RWE can continue, in a landmark case that is setting a precedent for future climate change litigation. In a case that began a decade ago, farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya argues that RWE's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, increasing the flood risk to his home. Using data from the Carbon Majors database, which tracks historic emissions from major fossil fuel producers, Lliuya says RWE is responsible for nearly 0.5% of global man-made emissions since the industrial revolution and must pay a proportional share of the costs needed to adapt to climate change. For a $3.5 million flood defence project needed in his region, RWE's share would be around $17,500, according to Lliuya's calculations. The 44-year-old farmer, whose family grows corn, wheat, barley and potatoes in a hilly region outside Huaraz, says he has chosen to sue RWE because it is one of the biggest polluters in Europe - rather than any particular company projects near his home. RWE, which is phasing out its coal-fired power plants, says a single emitter of carbon dioxide cannot be held responsible for global warming. In two days of hearing in March, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm examined a 200-page report by experts it had appointed to determine whether melting glaciers were raising the water levels in Lake Palcacocha and posing a direct risk to Lliuya's home in Huaraz over the next three decades. Lliuya's lawyer Roda Verheyen in March raised concerns about the assessment of risks by the court experts, who found a 3% flood risk, and said she was ready to challenge their findings. The verdict was originally due in April, but the court had to postpone it because Verheyen filed a motion to disqualify one of the court's experts. Verheyen said the arguments were clear. "In my view, we cannot lose," she told a media briefing last Thursday. The amount that industrialised countries should contribute to mitigating the effects of global warming, including rising sea levels, extreme storms and heatwaves, has been fiercely debated at successive U.N. climate summits. If the court on Wednesday finds a specific flooding risk to Lliuya's home, it will then examine the impact of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Andean glaciers melting and increasing the risk. Whatever the outcome on Wednesday, climate academics said the case was a game-changer as the court's legal reasoning would be used by future cases. "Even if the case is dismissed, we expect to get this legal precedent, which would be a massive step forward," Noah Walker-Crawford, a researcher at London School of Economics Grantham Research Institute, said. REUTERS Find out more about climate change and how it could affect you on the ST microsite here.
Toronto Sun
13-05-2025
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Flying out of Lima's new airport? Leave an extra 45 minutes earlier
That's on top of the usual hour it takes to get to the airport from Lima's main business district during rush hour Published May 13, 2025 • Last updated 7 minutes ago • 2 minute read Workers finish construction at the new Jorge Chavez Airport (LIM) in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Photo by Angela Ponce / Bloomberg Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Peru seems poised to finally inaugurate a new $2 billion airport to serve its capital city on June 1, after blowing past three previous opening dates. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account But baffling transportation mishaps are pushing the airport's chief executive officer to issue a dire warning. Travellers: budget an additional 45 minutes to commute to the new terminal, even though it's located right next to the old infrastructure. That's on top of the usual hour it takes to get to the Jorge Chavez International Airport from Lima's main business district during rush hour. 'Our recommendation is that passengers leave 45 minutes earlier than they usually did to get here,' Juan Jose Salmon, CEO of Lima Airport Partners (LAP), said in an interview. Passengers 'are going to face a new route and Lima's traffic in general is complex.' It was never the plan for Latin America's sixth busiest airport to become a symbol of poor urban planning. The result is the fallout of Peru's turbulent politics, having cycled through almost one transport minister per year so far this century. Still, the airport is expected to serve growing demand in Peru, one of the region's fastest growing economies. Plan your next getaway with Travel Time, featuring travel deals, destinations and gear. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. While LAP – whose majority owner is Fraport AG – has built the terminal, Peru's government had ambitious transportation plans to get passengers in and out of the new airport. The transport ministry planned a new subway, a highway and an eight-lane bridge over the Rimac River to get to it. Except it couldn't finish building any of them in time. The bridge is scheduled to be inaugurated in late 2028, while the rest of the highway will open a few months later. Until then, passengers will pass through prefabricated bridges that have less capacity than the original design, while forcing them to make hairpin turns through traffic-choked roads to get to them. The subway isn't finished either, but its woes are of a larger scale. It is being built to arrive to the old airport. By the time the subway is inaugurated, the old structure will no longer be there. The government first suggested building an extra subway station to get to the new airport, but has since said it will build an above-ground train instead, although plans are still in the preliminary stages. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'The recommendation that LAP is making is important, and it's not necessarily about traffic,' Peru's Transport Minister Raul Perez-Reyes said in a press conference this week. 'About 85,000 people go into the airport every day and I can assure you that many of them don't know where the access route to the new airport is located.' He added that he hopes that travel times to the airport will come down to normal once the terminal has been in operation for several weeks. Salmon said LAP is not planning to file any lawsuits or arbitrations against Peru over the issues with the transportation to the new terminal. What remains unclear, however, is whether the government will impose fines on LAP, which as the concession holder will be inaugurating the airport around four months late. 'I believe we are the only concession holder in the country that has never initiated litigation against the state,' Salmon said. 'We have never started an arbitration and it doesn't cross our mind to start one.' If Peru were to impose fines? 'We will defend ourselves,' he added. Toronto Maple Leafs Editorials Sunshine Girls Ontario Relationships
