Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland, and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another.

Saul Luciano Lliuya grows corn, potatoes and quinoa. In winter, he takes tourists up to the icy heights of the Peruvian Andes.   Now the farmer from the mountain village of Huaraz is in the global ...

The Inca Trail draws large crowds, which can compromise your hike's quality. If you crave quieter treks with even better ...

Teardrop-shaped Lake Palcacocha, shown in this satellite view, has expanded in recent decades. The city of Huaraz, Peru, is ...

A Peruvian farmer taking a German energy giant to court said Monday he is battling for "climate justice" and wants the ...

In western Germany, a case against energy company RWE could set a worldwide precedent for corporate responsibility and climate damages. What exactly is at stake?

A Peruvian farmer goes head to head with German energy giant, in a climate law test case.

Peruvian farmer Luciano Lliuya arrives at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, for a first hearing of his climate damages case against the German energy company RWE for its carbon emissions, ...

A landmark climate case brought by a Peruvian farmer against energy giant RWE resumes today (17 March) at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany. Saul Luciano Lliuya is a Quechua-speaking ...

Saul Luciano Lliuya, 44, argues that electricity producer RWE -- one of the world's top emitters of climate-altering carbon dioxide -- must share the cost of protecting his hometown Huaraz from a ...

Peruvian farmer Luciano Lliuya speaks to the media in front of glacier pictures held by activists at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, before a first hearing of his climate damages case ...

HAMM, Germany (AP) — A German court on Monday started hearing a Peruvian farmer’s case against major energy company RWE, a lawsuit arguing that global warming fueled by the firm’s historical ...