1st Edition
EU Climate Diplomacy Politics, Law and Negotiations
The European Union has long played a leadership role in the global response to climate change, including the development and dissemination of climate-friendly technologies such as renewable energy. EU diplomacy has been a vital contributor to the development of international cooperation on climate change through the agreement of the United Nations Climate Convention, its Kyoto Protocol and, most recently, the Paris Agreement. In addition, the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States means that the EU contribution to climate diplomacy will become more important still, both in filling the leadership gap (together with other major economies) and in responding to any sabotage by the Trump administration.
This book will extend knowledge of the EU as a key actor in climate diplomacy by bringing together leading practitioners and researchers in this field to take stock of the EU’s current role and emerging issues. Contributions will be grouped into three strands: 1) the interplay between EU climate diplomacy and internal EU politics; 2) how the EU’s legal order is a factor that determines, enables and constrains its climate diplomacy; and 3) the EU’s contribution to diplomacy concerning climate technology both under the Climate Convention and more broadly. Collectively, these contributions will chart the EU’s role at a critical time of transition and uncertainty in the international response to climate change.
EU Climate Diplomacy: Politics, Law and Negotiations will be of great relevance to students, scholars and policymakers with an interest in international climate politics and policy, transnational environmental law and politics and EU studies more generally.
Part I: Introductory material Foreword (Ernst Stetter and Peer Zumbansen) 1. Introduction: EU Climate Diplomacy at a Time of Disruption (Stephen Minas and Vassilis Ntousas) PART II EU Climate Diplomacy and Domestic Politics 2. Party Politics and EU Climate Policy (Robert Ladrech) 3. Brexit and EU Climate Diplomacy (Seb Dance MEP or Barry Gardiner MP) 4. The Role of the French Presidency in the Paris Climate Conference (Blaise Gonda) 5. Climate Diplomacy and Environmental Democracy (Emily Barritt) 6. Intergenerational Solidarity and Climate Change (Louis Lemkow) 7. Climate Diplomacy and the European Parliament (Miriam Dalli MEP) PART III Technology in EU Climate Diplomacy 8. Climate Technology Diplomacy through the UNFCCC and Beyond (Matt Kennedy) 9. Climate Change and the EU Energy Union (Christian Linder) 10. The Technology-Finance Interface in International Climate Cooperation (Michael Rantil) 11. Energy Efficiency and ‘Sustainable Energy for All’ (Jyoti Prasad Painuly) PART IV Non-State Actors in Climate Diplomacy 12. Mobilizing Non-State Actors: The Paris Experience (Kirsty Schneeberger) 13. Transnational Climate Action (Sander Chan) 14. Financial Actors in Climate Diplomacy (Megan Bowman) 15. Judicial Networks in Europe-Asia Climate Cooperation (Stephanie Venuti) 16. European Climate Policy Post-Brexit and Post-Trump (Nick Mabey)
Biography
Stephen Minas is an Assistant Professor at the School of Transnational Law, Peking University, China, and Senior Research Fellow in the Transnational Law Institute at King’s College London, UK.
Vassilis Ntousas is the International Relations Policy Advisor at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Belgium.
"Thanks for this great book. Climate politics has become the crucial field to win a future or lose track. A brave new world is being shaped and Europe cannot miss its chance to become a pivotal player. Time has come to dilute our differences and stress European common values and shared perceptions of the challenges ahead of us. Equity, social justice, environmental limits and distributional policies are the key parameters to gain confidence in a shared prosperity. They deserve full political engagement." Teresa Ribera, Minister of Climate Change, Energy and Environment, Spain
"At a time when international climate policy is resetting itself to implement the Paris Agreement, EU Climate Diplomacy: Politics, Law and Negotiations is an important contribution that offers valuable insights on the European Union’s leadership on its approach to climate change." - Martijn Wilder AM, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Australia
"While the EU’s political clout has dwindled, it often led the international climate negotiations by good example. Its strategy to accommodate the US, however, has backfired. The book is, therefore, crucial to understand the EU’s current role and also a timely assessment of the way forward." Dr Christoph Schwarte, Executive Director, Legal Response Initiative, UK
"This book is for me a great contribution to the discussions in the foreign policy domain at EU level, as I am introducing climate diplomacy as a topic into the European Parliament. As climate is a crucial Sustainable Development Goal, Europe has to deliver internally and externally and this book greatly complements this reflection process." Arne Lietz MEP, Member of the European Parliament for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Germany
"An extremely valuable, grounded and timely contribution to climate diplomacy policy and practice knowledge. [It] provides an excellent, wide ranging overview and analysis of learning from recent EU political and legal negotiations, debates and strategies." John Wiseman, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia
"EU leadership has perhaps never been more important to global climate politics, yet Europe is gripped by economic, social and political challenges that threaten its leadership potential. This timely volume offers insightful and refreshingly "joined-up" analysis of the EU’s climate-diplomatic opportunities and constraints in the shadow of these wider challenges." Fergus Green, London School of Economics & Political Science, UK
Extracts from reviews:
"[T]his volume of essays is a welcome addition to the literature on EU climate change policy, law, and diplomacy, thanks to its empirical richness." - Lisanne Groen, Climate Law journal.
"The book offers readers a bigger picture of the EU's strategy for addressing climate change in the 21st Century through the lens of international law." - Council of the European Union Library blog.
