Brazil Prosecutors Sue Shell for $108 Mn over Deadly 2024 Floods
Prosecutors seek $108 million in damages, saying Shell’s emissions helped worsen flooding that killed nearly 200 people and displaced 500,000.
- On Friday, Brazilian prosecutors filed an unprecedented lawsuit against Shell's subsidiary, demanding $108 million in compensation for deadly 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul State.
- Torrential rains in Brazil during April and May 2024 killed nearly 200 people and displaced 500,000, prompting prosecutors to argue Shell's liability matches its estimated 2% contribution to historical global greenhouse gas emissions.
- Instituto Preservar lawyer Thales Miola said, "Major polluters, who contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and to climate change, must also answer for the losses they help cause," supporting the civil suit's environmental accountability argument.
- Maria Antonia Tigre, director of global climate litigation at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, told AFP, "This is the first time a national public prosecutor is suing an oil major for a climate disaster."
- Similar lawsuits are pending worldwide against RWE and Holcim, as NGOs use courts to hold major emitters accountable, despite recent setbacks in the United States and New Zealand where legal changes blocked such action.
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In the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in 2024, half a million people have to flee the devastating floods, nearly 200 have to die. Brazil's prosecutor's office is co-inflicted with the British oil company Shell and now demands 108 million euros.
Reformatorisch Dagblad
welingelichtekringen.nlBrazilian prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against a subsidiary of oil giant Shell in the country. They are demanding compensation of more than 100 million dollars following the deadly floods in southern Brazil in 2024.
The Brazilian public prosecutor launched on Friday an unprecedented lawsuit against the subsidiary of the oil company Shell in Brazil, in order to obtain more than 100 million dollars of compensation after the deadly floods that struck the southern part of the country in 2024. ...
Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayBrazil prosecutors sue Shell for US$108m over deadly 2024 floods
BRASILIA, Oct 10 — Brazilian prosecutors yesterday filed an unprecedented lawsuit against oil giant Shell’s subsidiary in the country, demanding US$108 million (RM441 million)...
For MPF, the responsibility of Shell Brazil is proportional to the contribution of its controller to global warming
berlingske.dk
According to Brazil, Shell must be held accountable for the greenhouse gases the oil giant has emitted.
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