Crises Response in Climate Change and Energy

Abstract

A major constitutive part of the so-called 'polycrisis' is linked with the ongoing climate emergency and the recently intensified energy crisis. While these interlinked crises constitute global challenges, they have posed significant problems for the EU as they have required adjustments both with respect to its internal modus operandi and its foreign policy. As such, the panel explores, via multiple angles, how the EU has managed the aforementioned crises. Contributions discuss the successes and failures of the EU; how these crises transformed the mode of EU decision making; the inter-institutional balance within the EU political system and the EU’s approach to external energy relations and global environmental politics. Overall, the panel provides focused insights on a particularly challenging component of the 'polycrisis', while also offering a comprehensive overview of how the EU has managed the two crises and of the major challenges lying ahead.

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