Globalizing European Union environmental policy

Kelemen, R. Daniel

doi:10.1080/13501761003662065

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“…Cities are crucial actors of climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts (Kousky and Schneider, 2003;Rosenzweig et al, 2010). However, how and why cities engage in climate policy remains largely unclear and the effect of (binding or non-binding) policies from higher levels of government is hardly understood (Kelemen, 2010). Whilst scholars note a supporting effect (Biesbroek et al, 2010;Leck and Simon, 2013), the mere existence of international or indeed national climate policies is no guarantee for local plans and action (Feliciano et al, 2013;Villarroel Walker et al, 2014).…”

Section: Background To Climate Change Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Its' first international agreement-the Kyoto Protocol-sets legally binding reduction targets for each of its signatories and provides important flexibility in how national policies achieve these (European Commission, 2010a). The EU plays a leading role in global mitigation efforts (Bäckstrand and Elgström, 2013;Rayner and Jordan, 2013), establishing ambitious environmental policies (Kelemen, 2010) and pushing for internationally binding emission reduction targets (Bäckstrand and Elgström, 2013). As a "champion of environmental protection" (Kelemen, 2010, p.12), the European Parliament set the 20-20-20 target in 2009(European Parliament, 2009).…”

Section: International Agreements Alliances and Eu Policies On Climamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…private and public sectors (Villarroel Walker et al, 2014). It is assumed that the EU significantly influences the Member States' spatial planning policies through environmental law (European Commission, 1997;Kelemen, 2010), so potentially also through European directives on climate change (20-20-20; EU white paper on adaptation, etc.). Besides climate change being a relatively new area of policy-making in rural as well as urban areas (Feliciano et al, 2013), the EU is influencing the action of the most reactive countries by setting the path to be followed .…”

Section: International Agreements Alliances and Eu Policies On Climamentioning

confidence: 99%

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National climate policies across Europe and their impacts on cities strategies

Heidrich

Reckien

Olazabal

et al. 2016

Journal of Environmental Management

152

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National climate policies across Europe and their impacts on cities strategies ABSTRACTGlobally, efforts are underway to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to climate change impacts at the local level. However, there is a poor understanding of the relationship between city strategies on climate change mitigation and adaptation and the relevant policies at national and European level. This paper describes a comparative study and evaluation of cross-national policy.It reports the findings of studying the climate change strategies or plans from 200 European cities from Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. The study highlights the shared responsibility of global, European, national, regional and city policies. An interpretation and illustration of the influences from international and national networks and policy makers in stimulating the development of local strategies and actions is proposed. It was found that there is no archetypical way of planning for climate change, and multiple interests and motivations are inevitable. Our research warrants the need for a multi-scalar approach to climate policy in the future, mainly ensuring sufficient capacity and resource to enable local authorities to plan and respond to their specific climate change agenda for maximising the management potentials for translating environmental challenges into opportunities

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Section: Background To Climate Change Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: International Agreements Alliances and Eu Policies On Climamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: International Agreements Alliances and Eu Policies On Climamentioning

confidence: 99%

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National climate policies across Europe and their impacts on cities strategies

Heidrich

Reckien

Olazabal

et al. 2016

Journal of Environmental Management

152

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“…Due to the activity of the media which publicizes and multiplies the Union's ambitions in climate change, the EU was deprived of any leverage in its intergovernmental negotiations with other states, which were aware of the EU's position and could disregard it. The reverse argument claims that enhanced publicity for the EU's approach to climate change can gather support from less influential states, which feel disaffected by the US and China's attitude (Kelemen 2010).…”

Section: Europe Being Compensated For Their Emissions (Euobserver 30 mentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting the EU’s Approach to Climate Change: The Discourse of the Transnational Media Within the ‘Brussels Bubble’

Nitoiu

2015

Journal of European Integration

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The Union's global climate change policy has been widely seen as an expression of its normative power, where it is committed to act through multilateral frameworks in order to tackle the effects of changes in the climate and safeguard the future of peoples around the world. Internally, the EU's approach to climate change is complemented by high levels of support from citizens. This article explores another internal source of support for the EU's leadership in global climate change policy, namely the media. The focus here is on the transnational media's reporting and coverage of the Copenhagen summit, which is widely considered to be one of the key points in the development of global climate change policy. The article shows that within the 'Brussels bubble', the transnational media supported through its reporting the EU's ambitious agenda in global climate change policy around the time of the Copenhagen summit.

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“…In many issue areas the EU has sought to be an environmental leader. The reasons for this are many and varied, including the EU's desire to expand its 'soft' power into areas of international affairs that were not dominated by the US; the desire of European industries to achieve a level playing fi eld globally; and to a general concern to shield the EU's own policies from challenge in world trade bodies (Kelemen, 2010).…”

Section: Internationalisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration as Adaptation? Exploring the Scope for Coordinating Environmental and Migration Policies in the European Union

Geddes

Jordan

2012

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Abstract. We explore the links between environmental change, human migration, and adaptation in the relatively mature governance system of the European Union (EU). It is shown that these connections are limited and, when made, tend to be security focused. This situation inhibits scope for migration (both internally within states and internationally between states) to be understood as a form of adaptation to economic, social, political, demographic, and environmental change. We assess the underlying dynamics of EU environmental policy, note the main modes and instruments used, and identify some of the chief dynamics in this policy fi eld. Finally, conclusions are drawn with respect to how, in future, the EU might interact with nonmember states on environment and migration-related issues.

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Globalizing European Union environmental policy

Cited by 118 publications

References 29 publications

National climate policies across Europe and their impacts on cities strategies

National climate policies across Europe and their impacts on cities strategies

Supporting the EU’s Approach to Climate Change: The Discourse of the Transnational Media Within the ‘Brussels Bubble’

Migration as Adaptation? Exploring the Scope for Coordinating Environmental and Migration Policies in the European Union

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