Monday, July 14th, Berlin time: 2pm-4pm ; Jakarta-time: 7pm-9pm

Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin and ONLINE 

The Indonesian Island of Pari, part of Berlin’s partner city Jakarta, is acutely threatened by rising sea levels – by 2050, it will largely be flooded. However, the residents are resisting: They have filed a climate lawsuit in Switzerland against the cement company Holcim – one of the largest CO₂ emitters in the world.

In this event, we will present this groundbreaking lawsuit and discuss it with experts. What significance do climate lawsuits have beyond the individual case, and what value do even legal setbacks hold, as in the case of the Peruvian farmer Saúl Lliuya against RWE?  

More about the Pulau Pari case and the campaign: https://callforclimatejustice.org/de/webreport/

Language: English and Indonesian

​​​​​​​This is an event by Watch Indonesia! and WALHI as part of the “Sister Cities in Action”  project, funded by the State Office for Development Cooperation (LEZ) Berlin.