ROME
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May 11, 2023
(press release)
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Twelve Italian citizens from affected regions, Greenpeace Italy, and ReCommon filed a lawsuit against the fossil fuel company ENI for past and potential future damages resulting from its contribution to climate change, of which ENI was well aware but chose to ignore for decades. The lawsuit also includes ENI’s two main shareholders, the
#LaGiustaCausa, #theJustCause – that’s the name of the campaign promoting the legal action against ENI – is the first initiative of its kind against a private company in
The citizens who joined the lawsuit come from areas severely affected by the impacts of climate change, such as coastal erosion due to rising sea levels, drought, and melting glaciers. One of the plaintiffs, Rachele Caravaglios said: “The region where I live, Piedmont, is already suffering the effects of dramatic drought, as the very low level of rainfall recorded this winter show, a problem that is likely to get worse in the future. That is why I decided to join this legal action. I don’t think it’s fair that Italy’s main energy supplier, of which the state is the largest shareholder, can continue year after year, an investment program that goes against what the best available climate science recommends, limiting our options to create a sustainable, resilient and equitable future for all.”
The 12 plaintiffs, together with Greenpeace Italy and ReCommon, have filed a request for the
– ENI to revise its industrial strategy to reduce emissions by at least 45 per cent by 2030 compared to 2020 levels, as indicated by the international scientific community to keep the average global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees Celsius according to the Paris Agreement; – the
ENDS Notes to Editors: For information on the lawsuit, check our media briefing [1] Italian citizens joining the lawsuit against ENI come from Italian regions mostly affected by climate change impacts, like
[2]https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/global-trends-in-climate-change-litigation-2022/ Prominent among these lawsuits is the action brought by
The National Inquiry on Climate Change (NICC) Report of the
In 2022, in a world first, the
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