The EU Negotiates Climate Change
External Performance and Internal Structural Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8911391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gunnar Sjöstedt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 227-256 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010836798033003001 |
| OpenAlex | W2040935964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 14 |
The European Union (EU) is the only great power that has decisively promoted an international agreement requiring substansive emission reductions. It is possible that EU diplomacy has contributed to producing the inadequate but still encouraging results obtained in Kyoto. Although the 1997 UN conference in Kyoto produced an agreement to the effect that industrialized countries would collectively reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases by more than 5%, a viable solution to the climate problem is not yet in sight. Scientists estimate that emissions of CO 2 , the most important greenhouse gas, will have to be cut by 60% if further climate warming is to be avoided. However, it is clear that the EU is not strong enough to move the climate negotiation decisively towards a more viable solution without the active support of other leading countries. A static assessment examining the circumstances explains why the EU has had difficulty taking a leadership role in the climate talks. A crippled actor capability and diverging domestic conditions prevailing in the various member countries have constrained its external performance in the talks. A more dynamic analysis will have to consider that the external performance of the EU could be enhanced by the interaction between its actor bahaviour and its actor capability
Business · Climate change · Climate policy · Diplomacy · Economics · European union · Greenhouse gas · International economics · International trade · Kyoto Protocol · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Climate Change Policy and Economics · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law
The Politics of Global Climate Change
Knowledge, power, and international policy coordination
Ozone Diplomacy
International Cooperation
The European Community in world politics
International environmental negotiation
The External Role of the European Community
The European Union's climate change policy
Preferences and Power in the European Community
Negotiation as a Management Process
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2015 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |