Europe and Global Climate Change: Politics, Foreign Policy and Regional CooperationPaul G. Harris Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007 M01 1 - 415 pages This book is likely to become the definitive study on European global climate change politics. Its focus on the formulation, ratification, and implementation of the Kyoto Protocol within Europe make it essential reading for all who wish to understand how |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page vi
... ideas in climate change policy : German , European and international politics 323 Lyn Jaggard 15 Sharing the burdens of global climate change : international equity and justice in European policy 349 Paul G Harris CONCLUSION 16 ...
... ideas in climate change policy : German , European and international politics 323 Lyn Jaggard 15 Sharing the burdens of global climate change : international equity and justice in European policy 349 Paul G Harris CONCLUSION 16 ...
Page xii
... ideas to government officials and scholars so that they might have some positive effect on policy making and scholarship; and to enlighten students and laypersons interested in environmental protection, sustainable development ...
... ideas to government officials and scholars so that they might have some positive effect on policy making and scholarship; and to enlighten students and laypersons interested in environmental protection, sustainable development ...
Page 18
... ideas ) . They direct our attention to the structural characteristics of international relations , showing that states may ' arrive at their roles , identities , and national interests as a consequence of the regional or global ...
... ideas ) . They direct our attention to the structural characteristics of international relations , showing that states may ' arrive at their roles , identities , and national interests as a consequence of the regional or global ...
Page 19
... Ideas Approach to International Social Executive; Movements; Psychology Regimes Public Opinion Source: Adapted from Barkdull and Harris (2002: 69). Cells in the matrix show examples of illustrative foreign policy studies. Figure 1.1 ...
... Ideas Approach to International Social Executive; Movements; Psychology Regimes Public Opinion Source: Adapted from Barkdull and Harris (2002: 69). Cells in the matrix show examples of illustrative foreign policy studies. Figure 1.1 ...
Page 20
... ideas ( the left - hand column of Figure 1.1 ) ( Barkdull and Harris : 67–8 ; cf. Hasenclever et al . , 1997 ) ... ideas and what Smith calls the ' social construction of foreign policy ' ( Smith 2004 : 123 ) . Ideas can direct ...
... ideas ( the left - hand column of Figure 1.1 ) ( Barkdull and Harris : 67–8 ; cf. Hasenclever et al . , 1997 ) ... ideas and what Smith calls the ' social construction of foreign policy ' ( Smith 2004 : 123 ) . Ideas can direct ...
Contents
3 | |
domestic sources of environmental foreign policy | 41 |
the United Kingdom in European climate policy | 63 |
foreign policy of the Netherlands | 87 |
5 Climatic issues in Polish foreign policy | 113 |
6 Sweden climate change and the EU context | 139 |
accommodating environmental foreign policy in a federal state | 161 |
Norwegian NGOs in the climate change negotiations | 185 |
land use domestic stakeholders and EU foreign policy | 233 |
international regimes and policy diffusion | 255 |
EU influence on Norway and Germany | 279 |
13 Climate change policy and the enlargement of the EU | 305 |
German European and international politics | 323 |
international equity and justice in European policy | 349 |
power interests and ideas in domestic and international politics | 393 |
Index | 407 |
Other editions - View all
Europe and Global Climate Change: Politics, Foreign Policy and Regional ... Paul G. Harris No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
action actors adopted agreement approach argued Barkdull and Harris British burden sharing carbon CEECs cent Chapter climate policy climate protection CO2 emissions commitments Community conference Convention on Climate COP6 Council developing countries domestic policies ecological economic emissions reductions emissions trading energy ENGOs Environment environmental foreign policy environmental issues environmental policy equity EU’s Europe European Commission European Environment Agency European Union FCCC flexible mechanisms Framework Convention GCC negotiations GCC policy GCC regime Germany GHG emissions global climate change Global Environmental global warming greenhouse gas groups ideas implementation important industry influence institutions interests international climate international environmental international GCC international negotiations Kyoto Protocol leadership LULUCF Ministry Netherlands NGOs norms Norway Norwegian nuclear power Oberthür participation parties Paul G plans Poland policies and measures policy instruments political pollution position proposal reduction target responsibility role sectors society Spain strategy Sweden UNFCCC United Nations
Popular passages
Page 357 - The Parties should protect the climate system for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind, on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.
Page 8 - IPCC's conclusion that most of the observed warming of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations accurately reflects the current thinking of the scientific community on this issue.
Page 360 - ... the developed country Parties. 4. The developed country Parties and other developed Parties included in annex II shall also assist the developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting costs of adaptation to those adverse effects.
Page 357 - Noting that the largest share of historical and current global emissions of greenhouse gases has originated in developed countries, that per capita emissions in developing countries are still relatively low and that the share of global emissions originating in developing countries will grow to meet their social and development needs...
Page 306 - The Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, principles which are common to the Member States.
Page 8 - This projected rate of warming is much larger than the observed changes during the twentieth century and is "very likely to be without precedent during at least the last 10,000 years.