Citing melting glaciers, Peruvian farmer tests global climate law


River waters run through the Nueva Florida neighborhood, which risks flooding because of glacial melt, a topic at the root of a lawsuit by local farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya against German energy utility RWE, in Huaraz, Peru March 2, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce

HUARAZ, Peru (Reuters) - In the high Andes of northern Peru, the morning sun rises over glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountains that loom above the city of Huaraz, an awe-inspiring sight tainted by fears of a growing threat of meltwater floods.

The glaciers are at the center of a landmark global case that will test the legal culpability of corporations over their greenhouse gas emissions and the role these play in climate change that is leading to more extreme weather around the world.

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