The Commercial Court of Tournai was expected to hand down the verdict at 1 p.m. local time in Belgium’s first climate lawsuit targeting a multinational corporation.
The regional fallout from last week’s joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran shows that as long as strategic decisions are tied to fossil fuel supply chains, climate goals remain exposed to geopolitical instability.
A jury’s verdict that found environmental campaigning group Greenpeace liable for more than $660 million was “patently biased,” according to a group of independent human rights lawyers.
