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Convinced that his farm has suffered for years from the effects of climate change, a Belgian farmer is taking the multinational TotalEnergies to court.

Filed in a commercial court in the city of Tournai, the lawsuit marks Belgium's first climate case brought against a multinational company by a citizen.

Made up of archaeologists and divers from France, England, and the United States, this multinational group included Frederic Dumas, on loan from Jacques Cousteau’s team of divers, and the pioneering archaeologist Honor Frost.

An NGO said Tuesday it had filed a legal complaint against TotalEnergies, accusing the French energy multinational of "complicity in war crimes" at its gas site in Mozambique.

That setup can make sense for a large multinational, but it is unusual for a company with 10 employees.