The European Union in International Climate Change Negotiations

by Stavros Afionis

Overview

This book explores in detail the involvement of the European Union (EU) in international climate change negotiations from 1986 to present. This book is not so much about the EU as a leader in international climate politics, as it is about the EU as a negotiator. The two are not the same, even though these terms are often conflated. While the EU’s leadership role has been largely acknowledged, this is the first book to offer a comprehensive discussion of the evolving role of the EU as a negotiator.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138776067
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/09/2017
Series:	Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stavros Afionis is a Teaching Fellow in Environmental Politics at the School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations & Environment (SPIRE), Keele University, UK. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) of the School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, UK. His doctoral research examined the role played by the European Union in international climate change negotiations. His research interests focus on environmental politics and, in particular, international climate change negotiations and global biofuel policies. He is an associate editor for Environmental Policy and Governance and a member of the UK ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP).

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Climate change: From science to policy
2. The development of Europe’s climate policy (1986-1992)
3. Momentum Gathers: From Rio to Geneva
4. The AGBM Process – Phase 2
5. From Collapse to Revival
6. Waiting for Russia
7. The Protocol Enters into Force
8. Heading towards success
9. The demise of the top-down approach
10. The EU as a negotiator in the climate regime

Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

"Stavros Afionis has written a well-researched and closely argued account of EU international climate policy. Notably, it provides a corrective to the narrative of successful EU climate leadership by pointing out the missteps and failures of EU negotiators as they attempted, over two decades, to respond to the warnings issued by the scientific community. A change of approach after 2009 appears to have paid dividends in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The book is theoretically grounded in the international cooperation literature and provides a reflection on the meaning of success and failure. Students of EU policy will find it an invaluable source of reference on the evolution of the Union’s climate policy." – John Vogler, Professorial Fellow in International Relations, Keele University, UK

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