LIMA, Peru — A landmark climate lawsuit opens in a German court Monday, as a Peruvian farmer sues a German energy giant over the threat to his home from a mountain lake overflowing with glacier meltwater.

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 who says German energy giant RWE's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, increasing the flood risk to his home, took his case to court on Monday in a hearing that could set a precedent for climate litigation.

The case has taken nearly 10 years to be heard with judges travelling to Peru to visit his village. View on euronews

Saul Luciano Lliuya, a Peruvian farmer, has taken legal action against German energy firm RWE for contributing to climate change, which he argues endangers his hometown through melting glaciers. A landmark ruling in the ongoing case could hold RWE accountable for past emissions and fund climate adaptation.

A Peruvian farmer faces off in a German court Monday in a "David and Goliath" battle against an energy giant, demanding the firm pay for climate change damage. He wants the German company to pay 17,000 euros ($18,

A German court on Monday resumes hearing a landmark case brought by a Peruvian farmer who argues that the German energy giant RWE's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, increasing the flood risk to his home.

A German court is hearing a case by Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya against energy giant RWE. The suit claims RWE's greenhouse gas emissions contribute to global warming, endangering Lliuya's hometown with potential flooding.

A ruling for a Peruvian farmer against a German energy giant would mark the first time any court has ordered a company to pay up for climate change.