Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation? - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521196124 ISBN 13: 9780521196123

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The European Union (EU) has emerged as a leading governing body in the international struggle to govern climate change. The transformation that has occurred in its policies and institutions has profoundly affected climate change politics at the international level and within its 27 Member States. But how has this been achieved when the EU comprises so many levels of governance, when political leadership in Europe is so dispersed and the policy choices are especially difficult? Drawing on a variety of detailed case studies spanning the interlinked challenges of mitigation and adaptation, this volume offers an unrivalled account of how different actors wrestled with the complex governance dilemmas associated with climate policy making. Opening up the EU's inner workings to non-specialists, it provides a perspective on the way that the EU governs, as well as exploring its ability to maintain a leading position in international climate change politics.

About this title

Book Description:

The EU has emerged as the leader in the international struggle to govern climate change. This volume provides an unparalleled perspective on the challenges of mitigation and adaptation, the unique way that the EU governs, and explores the EU's ability to maintain its leading position in climate change politics.

About the Author:

Frans Berkhout is Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He has extensive research and management experience across a number of fields. His early research was concerned with the nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste management. His more recent work has been concerned with technology, policy and sustainability, with a special emphasis on the links between technological innovation and environmental performance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521196124
• ISBN 13: 9780521196123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 306
• Editor: Jordan Andrew, Huitema Dave, Van Asselt Harro, Rayner Tim, Berkhout Frans