Through a public civic action, the Brazilian Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and the Preservar Institute are demanding that the Shell oil company pay compensation of 541 million reais (108 million dollars) for its alleged participation in the aggravation of the floods in Rio Grande do Sul in 2024.
The litigation is based on scientific studies of climate attribution, a discipline that analyzes how much the warming of the planet caused by human activities influences the frequency and severity of certain meteorological events.
The plaintiffs do not attribute sole responsibility to Shell for the extreme rainfall, but request that its proportional role in the weather problem and the recorded damages be examined, which must be determined by the courts.
According to the Carbon Majors database, cited in the litigation, the Shell Group accounts for 2.02 percent of the world's historical carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement production from 1854 to 2024.
More information here .
Through a public civic action, the Brazilian Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and the Preservar Institute are demanding that the Shell oil company pay compensation of 541 million reais (108 million dollars) for its alleged participation in the aggravation of the floods in Rio Grande do Sul in 2024.
The litigation is based on scientific studies of climate attribution, a discipline that analyzes how much the warming of the planet caused by human activities influences the frequency and severity of certain meteorological events.
The plaintiffs do not attribute sole responsibility to Shell for the extreme rainfall, but request that its proportional role in the weather problem and the recorded damages be examined, which must be determined by the courts.
According to the Carbon Majors database, cited in the litigation, the Shell Group accounts for 2.02 percent of the world's historical carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement production from 1854 to 2024.
More information here .