Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court, seeking to force Brussels to upgrade its emissions rules for 2030 and, in a second case, scrap rules that label some planes as climate-friendly investments. In a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union's General Court, non-profit groups Climate Action Network and the Global Legal Action Network argue that national limits on greenhouse gas emissions for sectors such as transport and agriculture are unlawful. The campaigners said on Tuesday the thresholds would fail to cut Europe's planet-heating emissions fast enough to meet the Paris Agreement's goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (about 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. A European Commission spokesperson declined to comment on ongoing legal proceedings. The limits, which require EU member states to cut their emissions in those sectors between 10% and 50% from 2005 levels, contribute to the EU's overall goal of reducing net emissions 55% by 2030, in relation to 1990 levels. Scientists say the world's emissions need to roughly halve by 2030 to have a shot at limiting warming to 1.5C. Campaigners argue wealthy, large historical polluters like the EU should be moving faster than that. The court has given the case priority status, meaning it could be heard in 2025. A second case, filed by five campaign groups to the EU's General Court on Tuesday, seeks to force Brussels to revise rules adding aviation to the EU's "taxonomy", a list of investments labelled green and therefore eligible to receive green finance from investors and banks.<br/>
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Milan's main airport, Malpensa, delayed or diverted numerous flights for safety reasons on Monday after a heavy rainstorm, a spokesperson said. More than 60mm of water fell in an hour in the area around Malpensa, causing 27 incoming flights to be diverted to airports serving nearby cities including Bergamo, Turin, Bologna and Venice. Videos posted on the websites of Italian newspapers showed the rains had flooded the halls of the Malpensa hub, the second busiest airport in Italy after Rome's Fiumicino. The weather has now improved and the flight situation is returning to normal, the spokesperson said.<br/>