1st Edition

The European Environmental Conscience in the EU Finance, Innovation, and External Relations of the EU

Edited By Marjorie Tendero, Christoph Weber Copyright 2025
248 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyses how sustainability affects internal decision-making within the European Union and its external relations in working towards achieving its long-term goal of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. Applying the term "European environmental conscience" as the perception of environmental degradation leading to a growing public awareness of the issues, a notion of common responsibility,... Read more

Introduction: The European Environmental conscience in EU Economics

Marjorie Tendero and Christoph Weber 

PART 1: The influence of sustainability on the external relations of the European Union

1. Financial Enforcement Instruments of Sustainability

Frauke Pipart

2. Climate Change: New Challenges and Unexpected Threats – the Iraqi Case

Paiman Ahmad, Muhammad Usman and Alhamzah Alnoor

PART 2: The growing role of green finance and sustainability-oriented financial regulation in the European Union 

3. Financing Europe’s Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy: The Role of Sustainable Finance 

Chiara Pappalardo

4. Financial Enforcement Instruments of Sustainability 

Tomasz Braun

5. The EU Green Bond Market

Dejan Glavas and Florent Junior Okala Onana

6. Macroeconomic impact of a green finance shock

Gaël Callonnec, Mathieu Garnero and Noam Léandri

7. Going green? The changing role of the ECB in the sustainability strategy of the EU

Christoph Weber

PART 3: The impact of innovation and knowledge transfer on sustainability in the European Union       

8. Enabling Sustainability: The Role of Knowledge Flows in Advancing Sustainable Technologies

Naciba Chassagnon-Haned and Amina Hamani

9. New economic models for sustainability-oriented knowledge transfer? A contrasting case study on two knowledge transfer projects   

Daniel Fieser

10. The long walk to digital sobriety in the European Union: A French case study

Maxence Tétard and Marjorie Tendero

Conclusion: Perspectives for the governance of sustainability in Europe and the European environmental conscience 

Marjorie Tendero and Christoph Weber

Biography

Marjorie Tendero is an Associate Professor of Economics at ESSCA School of Management, Angers, France, and a member of the EU*Asia Institute. She is an associate researcher at the SMART(Structures and Markets in Agriculture, Resources and Territories) laboratory.

Christoph Weber is an Associate Professor of Economics at ESSCA, School of Management, Lyon, France. He is the Deputy Director of the EU*Asia Institute at ESSCA School of Management.