European Union foreign policy and the global climate regime

Ever since the first international negotiations on climate change in the early 1990's, the European Union has aspired to play a leading role in global climate politics. This book engages in a longitudinal analysis of the EU's participation in and impact on the United Nations climate regime...

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Other Authors: Schunz, Simon, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Brussels, Belgium : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2014
2014.
Series:College of Europe studies ; Number 18.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422494806719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction. Rationale of the Study; The EU, Climate Change and Global Climate Politics; The Structure of the Study; Chapter 1. Analytical Framework: Studying the European Union's Influence on the Global Climate Regime; Building the Key Concepts: Influence Attempts and Influence; Setting the Theoretical Scene: Insights from EU Foreign Policy Analysis and Regime Theory; Tables; Table 1: Toward a Typology of Influence; Table 2: How the EU Can Exert Influence - EU Foreign Policy Acts
  • Methodological Bases: Analysing and Determining Influence Table 3: Establishing EU Influence - Constitutive Dimensions; Chapter 2. Historical Foundations (1980's-1995): EU Influence on the Set-up of the Global Climate Regime; The Pre-negotiation Phase: From Scientific Circles to First Political Negotiations; The EU's Influence on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1991-1992); The Road to COP 1 (1992-1995); Chapter 3. From the Berlin Mandate to the Kyoto Protocol (1995-1997): EU Influence on the First Development of the Global Climate Regime
  • The Context: Major Developments in Global Politics and Climate Science Key Actors in the Global Climate Regime and their Positions; The Negotiation Process and the EU's Influence Attempts; The Outcome: the Kyoto Protocol; The EU's Influence Attempts: Extracting Patterns; The EU's Influence in the Kyoto Protocol Negotiations; Explaining the EU's Influence during the Period 1995 to 1997; Chapter 4. From the Buenos Aires Action Plan to the Year 2007 (1998-2007): EU Influence on the Consolidation of the Global Climate Regime
  • COP 4 to COP 7: From the Buenos Aires Action Plan to the Marrakech Accords (1998-2001) After the Marrakech Accords: Ensuring Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol (2002-2004); Towards a Post-2012 Regime: Loose Talks on the Way to Bali (2005-2007); Determining and Explaining the EU's Influence during the Period 1998 to 2007; Chapter 5. From the Bali Roadmap to the Copenhagen Accord (2007-2009): EU Influence on the Post-2012 Global Climate Negotiations; The Context: Major Developments in Global Politics and Climate Science; Key Actors in the Global Climate Regime and their Positions
  • The Negotiation Process and the EU's Influence Attempts Table 4: The Negotiations of the Copenhagen Accord; The Outcome: the Copenhagen Accord; The EU's Influence Attempts: Extracting Patterns; The EU's Influence in the Post-2012 Climate Negotiations until 2009; Explaining the EU's Influence during the Period 2007 to 2009; Chapter 6. Gradually "Back on Track" (2010-2012): EU Influence on the Resumed Post-2012 Global Climate Negotiations; The Context: Major Developments in Global Politics and Climate Science; Key Actors in the Global Climate Regime and their Positions
  • The Negotiation Process and the EU's Influence Attempts