New perspectives on EU external climate activities: Policies, Institutions, Actions (I)

Abstract

The European Union (EU) has for a long time sought to shape the global governance of climate change. However, the context in which it does so has significantly changed in recent years. EU climate policy has consolidated and taken centre stage among the EU’s priorities, mainly through the adoption of the European Green Deal and its aim for enhanced policy coherence, increased financial resources, and increased public support for ambitious climate action. This internal consolidation likely enhances the EU’s potential to shape the global governance of climate change, which is increasingly focused around influencing international efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change beyond the UNFCCC, by way of issue-linkage and mainstreaming climate action in a broad range of policy areas in both bilateral and multilateral settings. This is the first of two panels bringing together papers that seek to apply new perspectives on EU external climate activities. Questions being explored in this panel include: Why, how and under what conditions are various policies linked to EU external climate activities, and what new theoretical tools are needed to explain and understand these developments? How does EU-China climate cooperation intersect with geopolitics, science, and technology? How to explain and understand the process of norm contestation of the EUDR in Brazil? Which actors voice criticism against EUDR and CBAM in the WTO, and how do they justify their positions? How is the EU pursuing its policies on climate change and sustainable development in the UN?

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Fair game of good intentions or unjust green imperialism? Contestation of the EU’s trade-related climate policies at the WTO	View Paper Details
The EU at the Second UNGA Committee: Promoting sustainable development and climate change?	View Paper Details
European Union external climate activities: nexusification, mainstreaming, issue linkage, or else?	View Paper Details
Contesting unilateralism: The reception of the EU deforestation regulation in Brazil	View Paper Details