巴西检察官就2024年里约格兰德杜苏尔州致命洪水，向壳牌巴西子公司提起1.08亿美元诉讼。
Brazil prosecutors filed a US$108 million lawsuit against Shell’s Brazilian unit over the deadly 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul.
这场由暴雨引发的洪水造成近200人死亡、50万人流离失所。检察方称，壳牌应为其气候影响和排放负责。
The floods, caused by heavy rain, killed nearly 200 people and displaced 500,000. Prosecutors say Shell should answer for its climate impact and emissions.
该案由Preservar研究所支持，被视为气候诉讼的重大一步。专家表示，这是国家检察机关首次就气候灾难向石油巨头提起诉讼。
The case, backed by Instituto Preservar, is seen as a major step in climate litigation. Experts say it is the first suit by a national prosecutor against an oil major for a climate disaster.
AI生成 巴西利亚 - 据悉，巴西检察官于10月9日向石油巨头壳牌在巴西的子公司提起前所未有的诉讼，要求就2024年致命洪水赔偿1.08亿美元（约1.38亿新元）。
AI generated BrasIlia - Brazilian prosecutors on Oct 9 filed an unprecedented lawsuit against oil giant Shell’s subsidiary in the country, demanding US$108 million (S$138 million) in compensation over deadly 2024 floods.
当年4月和5月，暴雨引发巴西南部历史性洪水，造成近200人死亡、50万人流离失所并导致巨大损失。
Torrential rains sparked historic flooding in southern Brazil in April and May of that year, leaving nearly 200 people dead, 500,000 more displaced and massive damages.
根据起诉书，壳牌的责任应与其对全球变暖的贡献相匹配——估计占历史全球温室气体排放量的2%。
According to the lawsuit, Shell’s liability should match its contribution to global warming – estimated at 2% of historical global greenhouse gas emissions.
公诉人在法庭文件中表示：“这起民事诉讼旨在追究被告公司在环境和气候责任方面的问责，针对袭击南里奥格兰德州的极端天气事件所造成的集体财产和精神损害。”
“This civil suit is aimed at holding the defendant company accountable, in terms of its environmental and climate-related responsibilities, for collective material and moral damages stemming from the extreme weather event that hit Rio Grande do Sul state,” public prosecutors said, according to court documents seen by AFP.
他们表示，这家英国能源巨头应承担责任，因其过去和当前与化石燃料勘探、生产和销售相关的温室气体排放。这1.08亿美元的赔偿金涵盖了财产和精神损害。
They said the British energy giant should be held responsible because of its past and current greenhouse gas emissions associated with exploration, production and sale of fossil fuels. The US$108 million in compensation accounts for both material and moral damages.
巴西检察官联同巴西非政府组织Preservar研究所提起新的气候相关诉讼，标志着全球法庭上对抗石油巨头的斗争进入新阶段。
The filing of a new climate-related suit by Brazilian prosecutors – in conjunction with Instituto Preservar, a Brazilian non-governmental organisation – marks a new phase in the global battle in the courts against oil giants.
“这是国家公诉人首次因气候灾难起诉石油巨头，”萨宾气候变化法中心全球气候诉讼主任玛丽亚·安东尼娅·蒂格雷告诉法新社。壳牌已在英国面临菲律宾台风受害者的起诉。
“This is the first time a national public prosecutor is suing an oil major for a climate disaster,” Maria Antonia Tigre, the director of global climate litigation at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, told AFP. Shell is already being sued in Britain by victims of a typhoon in the Philippines.