Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?

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(2010), "Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 21 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2010.08321eae.003

Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?

Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?

Article Type: Books and resources From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 21, Issue 5

Edited by Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Harro van Asselt, Tim Rayner and Frans Berkhout,Cambridge University Press,Cambrudge,April 2010,ISBN 978-0521196123,€304 pp.,€73.99

The European Union (EU) has emerged as a leading governing body in the international struggle to govern climate change. The transformation that has occurred in its policies and institutions has profoundly affected climate change politics at the international level and within its 27 Member States. Yet how has this been achieved when the EU comprises so many levels of governance, when political leadership in Europe is so dispersed and the policy choices are especially difficult?

Drawing on a variety of detailed case studies spanning the interlinked challenges of mitigation and adaptation, this volume explores how different actors wrestled with the complex governance dilemmas associated with climate policy making. Opening up the EU's inner workings to non-specialists, it provides a perspective on the unique way that the EU governs, as well as exploring its ability to maintain a leading position in international climate change politics.