{"id":77028,"date":"2025-02-13T09:25:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=event&#038;p=77028"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T09:21:47","slug":"climate-liability-on-trial-lessons-from-luciano-lliuya-v-rwe","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/events\/climate-liability-on-trial-lessons-from-luciano-lliuya-v-rwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Liability on Trial: Lessons from Luciano Lliuya v\u00a0RWE &#8211; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Climate Liability on Trial: Lessons from Luciano Lliuya v RWE\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lD7-GW3Kfu8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This event was co-organised by the London School of Economics Grantham Research Institute and the Imperial College London Grantham Institute<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This panel discussion event focused on the landmark climate litigation case,&nbsp;<strong>Luciano Lliuya v RWE<\/strong>. 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