Climate change policy in the European Union : confronting the dilemmas of mitigation and adaptation? / edited by Andrew Jordan [and others].

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Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xx, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:

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computer

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online resource

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9781139042772 (ebook)

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363.70526094 22

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QC903.2.E85 C55 2010

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Contents:

Climate change policy in the European Union : an introduction / Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema and Harro van Asselt -- Governing the European Union : policy choices and governance dilemmas / Andrew Jordan [and others] -- The evolution of economic policy in the European Union : an historical overview / Andrew Jordan and Tim Rayner -- Burden sharing : distributing burdens or sharing efforts? / Constanze Haug and Andrew Jordan -- Renewable energies : a continuing balancing act? / Roger Hildingsson, Johannes Stripple and Andrew Jordan -- Emissions trading : the enthusiastic adoption of an "alien" instrument? / Harro van Asselt -- Adapting to a changing climate : an emerging European Union policy? / Tim Rayner and Andrew Jordan -- Adaptation in the water sector : will mainstreaming be sufficient? / Eric Massey [and others] -- The evolution of climate change policy in the European Union : a synthesis / Andrew Jordan [and others] -- Exploring the future : the role of scenarios and policy exercises / Frans Berkhout [and others] -- Governance choices and dilemmas in a warmer Europe : what does the future hold? / Johannes Stripple [and others] -- Governing climate change in the European Union : understanding the past and preparing for the future / Andrew Jordan [and others].

Summary: 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.

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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.