nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/b51579042508bce8 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260903s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/b51579042508bce8 doi eng 342 23 Eckes, Christina Author aut Who Can Demand Justification for the EU’s Climate Ambition? - On GLAN and CAN-Europe v Commission and the Missing Route to Challenge the EU’s Climate Targets Eckes, Christina Verfassungsblog 2026-09-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 2 September 2026, the General Court handed down its judgment in Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and CAN-Europe v Commission (T-120/24). Its central conclusion was to be expected. The EU’s Aarhus Regulation cannot be used to challenge indirectly a level of climate ambition fixed by the EU legislature. An implementing power does not allow the Commission to rewrite legislation, even indirectly. However, we see the constitutional significance of the judgment elsewhere CC BY-SA 4.0 Aarhus Convention climate change Climate Crisis EU Climate Target Plaumann Mähönen, Maiju Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/glan-and-can-europe-v-commission-climate-eu/ raw object