Facing climate damage, Walloon organic farmer sues TotalEnergies
Organic farmer Hugues Falys holds TotalEnergies responsible for the damage his farm has suffered because of climate change and is therefore taking legal action together with three NGOs/Greenpeace
The trial of Hugues Falys, a farmer from Hainaut, against TotalEnergies has begun before the Commercial Court of Tournai. At the beginning of 2024, with the support of Greenpeace and others, the farmer sued the French multinational for his role in climate change.
The first climate case brought by

