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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460902103321

Autore

Torney Diarmuid <1980->

Titolo

European climate leadership in question : policies toward China and India / / Diarmuid Torney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-262-32962-X

0-262-32960-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Earth System Governance

Disciplina

363.7/0526

Soggetti

Environmental policy - European Union countries

Environmental policy - International cooperation

Electronic books.

European Union countries Foreign relations China

China Foreign relations European Union countries

European Union countries Foreign relations India

India Foreign relations European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptualizing EU External Climate Relations; 3 Drivers of EU External Climate Relations; 4 The Normative Gap in European, Chinese, and Indian Climate  Relations; 5 From Reluctance to Engagement: The EU-China Relationship; 6 Disinterest and Resistance: The EU-India Relationship; 7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The EU has, for a long time, portrayed itself as an international leader on climate change. Previous studies have tended to focus on the characteristics of EU leadership, but have failed to examine the extent to which EU leadership generates 'followship'. This book analyzes EU climate policies towards China and India in order to provide a holistic assessment of EU climate leadership, and makes three key arguments.