Role of the European Union in the climate change negotiations

  • Xira Ruiz UNISCI / Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RUNI.2015.n39.51816
Keywords: Climate Change, European Union, Maghreb, COP 21 Paris, Clima South, Union for the Mediterranean.

Abstract

The paper analyzes the role of the European Unión in the area of climate change, as well as its main instruments of environmental cooperation in the Southern Mediterranean. Object of analysis are also the commitments the EU has taken on in the last Conferences of the Parties (COPs), its level of compliance and its ability to lead the negotiations on climate change since the Rio Summit (1992). The article points out the main commitments made by the most important actors in this international regime as well as their position in the Paris Climate Conference at the end of 2015. In the last part of the paper, the impact of cooperation initiatives EU-Maghreb, such as the Union for the Mediterranean or the Clima South project, will be analyzed.

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Published
2016-02-02
How to Cite
Ruiz X. (2016). Role of the European Union in the climate change negotiations. UNISCI Journal, 39, 105-126. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RUNI.2015.n39.51816
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No. 39 (2015)
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