Handbook on European Union climate change policy and politics / / edited by Tim Rayner, Kacper Szulecki, and Andrew J. Jordan.

• Superior document: Elgar Handbooks in Energy, the Environment and Climate Change Series.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rayner, Tim,; Szulecki, Kacper,; Jordan, Andrew, 1968-; Edward Elgar Publishing,
• Place / Publishing House: Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Elgar handbooks in energy, the environment and climate change.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

"The Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics provides a wide-ranging and in-depth assessment of current and emerging challenges facing the EU in committing to and delivering increasingly ambitious climate policy objectives. It traces the development of climate and energy policies since the early 1990s and examines their continued evolution in the context of the 2019 European Green Deal. With contributions from leading international scholars, it describes the key dynamics driving policy developments and the role of key actors in climate and energy-related policy processes. Covering topics that have previously been relatively neglected, or have recently gained greater significance, such as finance and investment, 'hard to abate' sectors and negative emissions, this timely Handbook offers an up-to-date and unrivalled exploration of the complexities of climate policymaking. It will be of primary interest to academics researching EU politics, and environmental politics, policy, regulation and governance more widely. It will be especially pertinent to students and researchers who require more specialized knowledge of EU climate policy and politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Boxes -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. The global importance of EU climate policy: an introduction -- PART I MAIN ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS -- 2. The European Commission: a climate policy entrepreneur -- 3. The European Council, Council and Member States: jostling for influence -- 4. The European Parliament: a strong internal actor with external ambitions -- 5. The European Investment Bank: the EU's climate bank? -- 6. Business and private finance: their role in the EU's climate transition -- 7. Environmental and climate activism and advocacy in the EU -- 8. Cities in EU multilevel climate policy: governance capacities, spatial approaches and upscaling of local experiments -- 9. The role of the courts in EU climate policy -- PART II CORE DYNAMICS SHAPING EU POLICY -- 10. Global dimensions of EU climate, energy and transport policies -- 11. Climate, ecological and energy security challenges facing the EU: new and old dynamics -- 12. Green growth and competitiveness in EU climate policy: paradigm shift or 'plus de la même chose'? -- 13. EU climate leadership: domestic and global dimensions -- PART III POLICY INSTRUMENTS AND MODES OF GOVERNANCE -- 14. Instruments and modes of governance in EU climate and energy policy: from energy union to the European Green Deal -- 15. Targets, timetables and effort sharing as governance tools: emergence, scope and ambition -- 16. Proactive prevention of carbon leakage? The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism -- 17. Climate policy integration and climate mainstreaming in the EU budget -- 18. Governing EU low-carbon innovation: from Strategic Energy Technology Plan to European Green Deal -- PART IV BARRIERS TO MORE AMBITIOUS ACTION IN PARTICULAR SECTORS.

19. Agricultural emissions: a case of limited potential or limited ambition? -- 20. Energy-intensive industries in the EU: overcoming barriers to transition? -- 21. Transport: evolving EU policy towards a 'hard-to-abate' sector -- PART V NEW AND ONGOING CHALLENGES -- 22. Carbon dioxide removal: climbing up the EU climate policy agenda -- 23. Brexit: weighing its implications for EU and UK climate governance -- 24. Green recovery: catalyst for an enhanced EU role in climate and energy policy? -- 25. Climate protection versus trade: dilemmas for the EU -- PART VI CONCLUSION -- 26. The EU: towards adequate, coherent and coordinated climate action? -- Index.