The European Union's Performance in the International Climate Change Regime

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 667-682

  Oberthür, Sebastian ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; EU climate policy; EU performance; international climate policy; international institutions; Kyoto Protocol; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858694533     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2011.606690     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Birkel, K. 2009. We, Europe and the rest: EU discourse(s) at work in environmental politics. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Nijmegen: Radboud University.
2. Bodansky, D. 1993. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: a commentary. Yale Journal of International Law, 18(2): 451-458.
3. Bodansky, D. 2010. The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference: a postmortem. American Journal of International Law, 104(2): 230-240.
4. Bretherton, C. and Vogler, J. 2006. The European Union as a global actor, Second edition, London: Routledge.
5. Damro, C. 2006. "EU-UN environmental relations: shared competence and effective multilateralism". In The European Union at the United Nations: Intersecting Multilateralisms, Edited by: Laatikainen, K.V. and Smith, K.E. 175-192. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
6. Dimitrov, R. 2010. Inside UN climate change negotiations: the Copenhagen conference. Review of Policy Research, 27(6): 795-821.
7. Egenhofer, C., and A. Georgiev. 2010. Why the transatlantic climate change partnership matters more than ever. CEPS Commentary, 10 January.
8. Falkner, R., Stephan, H. and Vogler, J. 2010. International climate policy after Copenhagen: toward a 'building blocks' approach. Global Policy, 1(3): 252-262.
9. Groenleer, M.L.P. and van Schaik, L.G. 2007. United we stand? The European Union's international actorness in the cases of the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol. Journal of Common Market Studies, 45(5): 969-998.
10. Gupta, J. and Grubb, M., eds. 2000. Climate Change and European Leadership, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
11. IPCC. 2007. Climate change 2007. Fourth assessment report: synthesis report. Geneva: Intergovernmental panel on climate change
12. Jordan, A., Huitema, D., van Asselt, H., Rayner, T. and Berkhout, F., eds. 2010. Climate change policy in the European Union: confronting the dilemmas of mitigation and adaptation?, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
13. Lacasta, N.S., Dessai, S., Kracht, E. and Vincent, K. 2007. "Articulating a consensus: the EU's position on climate change". In Europe and global climate change: politics, foreign policy and regional cooperation, Edited by: Harris, P.G. 211-231. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
14. Oberthür, S. 2011. Global climate governance after Cancun: pptions for EU leadership. International Spectator, 46(1): 5-13.
15. Oberthür, S. and Dupont, C. 2011. "The Council, the European Council and international climate policy: from symbolic leadership to leadership by example". In The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics, Edited by: Wurzel, R.K.W. and Connelly, J. 74-91. London: Routledge.
16. Oberthür, S. and Ott, H.E. 1999. The Kyoto Protocol: international climate policy for the 21st century, Berlin: Springer.
17. Oberthür, S. and Pallemaerts, M., eds. 2010a. The new climate policies of the European Union: internal legislation and climate diplomacy, Brussels: VUB Press 2010.
18. Oberthür, S. and Pallemaerts, M. 2010b. "The EU's internal and external climate policies: an historical overview". In The new climate policies of the European Union: internal legislation and climate diplomacy, Edited by: Oberthür, S. and Pallemaerts, M. 27-63. Brussels: VUB Press 2010.
19. Oberthür, S. and Roche Kelly, C. 2008. EU leadership in international climate policy: achievements and challenges. International Spectator, 43(3): 35-50.
20. Ott, H.E. 2002. Global climate. Yearbook of International Environmental Law 12 (2001), 211-21.
21. Rankin, J. 2010. A Union with one voice? European Voice, 6 May 2010, http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/a-union-with-one-voice-/67886.aspx (accessed 20 January 2011).
22. Skjærseth, J.B. and Wettestad, J. 2007. Is EU enlargement bad for environmental policy? Confronting gloomy expectations with evidence. International Environmental Agreements, 7(3): 263-280.
23. Skjærseth, J.B. and Wettestad, J. 2008. EU emissions trading: initiation, decision-making and implementation, Aldershot: Ashgate.
24. Spencer, T., K. Tangen, and A. Korppoo. 2010. The EU and the global climate regime: getting back in the game. Briefing Paper no. 55, 25 February 2010. Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
25. van Schaik, L.G. 2010. "The sustainability of the EU's model for climate diplomacy". In The new climate policies of the European Union: internal legislation and climate diplomacy, Edited by: Oberthür, S. and Pallemaerts, M. 251-280. Brussels: VUB Press.
26. van Schaik, L.G., and C. Egenhofer. 2005. Improving the climate. Will the new constitution strengthen the EU's performance in international climate negotiations? CEPS Policy Brief no. 63, February 2005. Brussels: CEPS.
27. van Schaik, L.G., and S. and Schunz. Forthcoming. Explaining EU activism and impact in global climate politics: is the Union a norm- or interest-driven actor? Unpublished manuscript.
28. Vrolijk, C. 2002. A new interpretation of the Kyoto Protocol: outcomes from the Hague, Bonn and Marrakesh. Briefing Paper No. 1, April 2002. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs.
29. Yamin, F. 2000. "The role of the EU in climate negotiations". In Climate change and European leadership: a sustainable role for Europe?, Edited by: Gupta, J. and Grubb, M. 47-66. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.