Explaining the origins and key institutions, this book provides an assessment of the European Union’s leadership role in international climate change politics

In recent years climate change has emerged as an issue of central political importance while the EU has become a major player in international climate change po

This volume is the fourth instalment of the 'Report on the state of the European Union' series. Its shows that if the EU does not want to be ruled by crisis any

Ever since the first international negotiations on climate change in the early 1990s, the European Union has aspired to play a leading role in global climate po

Europe is in crisis, but the European Union just gets stronger. Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland have all been told that they must submit their budgets to EU