43 research outputs found
Supporting the EUâs approach to climate change:the discourse of the transnational media within the âBrussels Bubbleâ
Abstract: The Unionâs global climate change policy has been widely seen as an expression of its normative power, where it is committed to act through multilateral frameworks in order to tackle the effects of changes in the climate and safeguard the future of people around the world. Internally, the EUâs approach to climate change is complemented by high levels of support from citizens. This article explores another internal source of support for the EUâs leadership in global climate change policy, namely the media. The focus here is on the transnational mediaâs reporting and coverage of the Copenhagen summit, which is widely considered to be one of the key points in the development of global climate change policy. The article shows that within the âBrussels bubble,â the transnational media supported through its reporting the EUâs ambitious agenda in global climate change policy around the time of the Copenhagen summit
The Paris Agreement: resolving the inconsistency between global goals and national contributions
International Air Travel and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Proposal for an Adaptation Levy1
Health co-benefits and the development of climate change mitigation policies in the European Union
Policy perspective:Building political support for carbon pricingâLessons from cap-and-trade policies
Still a green leader? The European Union's role in international climate negotiations
Since the early 1990s, the European Union (EU) has presented itself as a leader on climate change. Recently, however, this picture has been challenged in the media and by non-governmental organization representatives. The aim of our article is to evaluate the Union's present role in the area of international climate politics. We do this by scrutinizing the EU's own role conception, but also, and primarily, by investigating the perceptions and expectations of government representatives from outside the Union itself. Our results - reflecting external perceptions of the EU after COP 14 (Conference of the Parties) in December 2008 - demonstrate that the EU is indeed still seen as a green leader. Officials from both developing states and major powers share the view of the Union as a largely coherent and credible leader, though some observers question the correspondence between what the EU says and what it does. The EU is mainly perceived to lead by example by being a role model for other state actors. We discuss how these results fare in the light of the COP 15 Copenhagen meeting in December 2009