Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Theoretical Exploration
- Part III Governance
- 4 Global governance: development cooperation
- 5 Global governance: climate cooperation
- 6 Incorporating climate change into EU development cooperation policy
- 7 Incorporating climate change into EU Member States' development cooperation
- Part IV Case Studies
- Part V Conclusions
- Index
- References
6 - Incorporating climate change into EU development cooperation policy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Theoretical Exploration
- Part III Governance
- 4 Global governance: development cooperation
- 5 Global governance: climate cooperation
- 6 Incorporating climate change into EU development cooperation policy
- 7 Incorporating climate change into EU Member States' development cooperation
- Part IV Case Studies
- Part V Conclusions
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
This chapter investigates the extent to which the European Union (EU) has incorporated climate change into its development cooperation policy. It describes the EU's development cooperation policy, its evolution and its main principles (see Section 6.2), and focuses on the process of delivering aid (see Section 6.2.5). Subsequently, this chapter explains how the policy areas of climate change and development cooperation have become linked over time (see Section 6.3), elaborates on how current EU policy incorporates climate change into development cooperation (see Section 6.3.2), and outlines the policy tools that are employed to incorporate environmental issues in general, and climate change in particular, into development cooperation programming (see Section 6.3.3). Finally, it assesses the current status of climate incorporation in EU development cooperation (see Section 6.4), and draws conclusions (see Section 6.5).
The EU and its development cooperation policy
The evolution of EU development cooperation policy
The EU, represented by the European Commission, is a unique actor in development cooperation. It is both a bilateral donor (providing direct support to developing countries (DCs)), and a multilateral organization with a coordinating role for the development aid policies of its 27 Member States (see also Chapters 2, 4 and 7).
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- Mainstreaming Climate Change in Development CooperationTheory, Practice and Implications for the European Union, pp. 169 - 205Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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