🌱 EU court dismisses an appeal that sought to annul the current 2030 emissions target, on the grounds that it was not ambitious enough. Families from the EU, Kenya and Fiji said that the efforts would not be enough to protect them from the impacts of climate change
But the court dismissed the appeal, saying there was no grounds to uphold it. Essentially, the general application nature of an EU target rules out the legal grounds needed to say there is a breach of fundamental rights
A rare loss for these types of cases. Remember the landmark Dutch case that ended up forcing the government to ratchet up its climate policies? It even led to a reduced speed limit on motorways
The ECJ case - filed a few years ago - is actually a moot point because the applicants wanted the 40% target thrown out in favour of between 50-60% (current proposal is at least 55% [net])
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