Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors to Volume I
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Reflections on the History and Historiography of European Integration
- Part I Critical Junctures
- Part II Multilateralism and Geopolitics
- Market, Society and Security
- Global Challenges: International Politics, the Planet and the Universe
- 13 European Integration and the United Nations
- 14 The European Nuclear Dimension: From Cold War to Post-Cold War
- 15 From ‘Helsinki’ and Development Aid to Multipolar Hard Ball
- 16 European Integration, the Environment and Climate Change
- 17 The Space Policy of the European Union
- Part III Perspectives and Ideas
- Index
- References
16 - European Integration, the Environment and Climate Change
from Global Challenges: International Politics, the Planet and the Universe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors to Volume I
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Reflections on the History and Historiography of European Integration
- Part I Critical Junctures
- Part II Multilateralism and Geopolitics
- Market, Society and Security
- Global Challenges: International Politics, the Planet and the Universe
- 13 European Integration and the United Nations
- 14 The European Nuclear Dimension: From Cold War to Post-Cold War
- 15 From ‘Helsinki’ and Development Aid to Multipolar Hard Ball
- 16 European Integration, the Environment and Climate Change
- 17 The Space Policy of the European Union
- Part III Perspectives and Ideas
- Index
- References
Summary
Originally a mere side-product of economic integration in the first decades of European integration, European Union (EU) environmental and climate policy has evolved towards a comprehensive and dense regulatory framework. A complex set of rules, standards and procedures to protect the environment is in force in all major subfields of environmental policy, including water and air pollution, nature conservation, chemicals and the fight against climate change. Moreover, in environmental and climate policy, the EU prides itself on being an international leader.
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- The Cambridge History of the European Union , pp. 418 - 441Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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