European Union and Environmental Governance

<p>Over the past five decades, the European Union (EU) has developed into the most legally and politically authoritative regional organization in the world, wielding significant influence across a wide range of issue areas. <em>European Union and Environmental Governance</em> focuses on the growing global role of EU environmental and sustainable development policies. </p><p>Written in a concise and accessible manner, this book introduces and examines the major European and global environmental issues, debates, and policies and provides a critical, evidence-based evaluation of the achievements and shortcomings to date in EU environmental and sustainability governance. Providing both an historical overview and a discussion of the major future legal, political and economic challenges to the realization of EU goals related to better environmental governance, the authors offer a comprehensive introduction to this key issue. </p><p>This book will be useful reading for students of global environmental politics, comparative environmental politics and policy, international organizations, European politics, and environmental studies. </p> <p>Introduction: The EU and environmental policy 1.Theorizing European integration and environmental sustainability 2. EU history and the environment 3. EU actors and policy instruments 4. Analyzing environmental decision-making and implementation 5. Cases in European environmental governance 6. The EU abroad 7. The future of EU environmental governance</p>