Location Huaraz, Peru
Disaster Lake Palcacocha glacier melt
This is Saúl’s story
Saúl, a Quechua-speaking mountain guide, farmer and father who lives in the Andean highlands, was the lead plaintiff in a landmark climate lawsuit against the German energy firm RWE. On 28 May, the higher regional court of Hamm dismissed his case on the grounds that there was no concrete threat to Saúl’s home. However, it held that major greenhouse gas emitters could be accountable for the impacts of those emissions under German law.
I was born on a farm in Huaraz Independencia, at an altitude of 3,100 metres. From Huaraz, you can see the mountains. The mountains are up to 6,000 metres high. There’s a snowcapped mountain that can be seen quite close from the farm. It’s called Nevado Churup.
