Environmental Policy in the EU: Actors, Institutions and Processes

The European Union (EU) has a significant impact on environmental policies worldwide, particularly in Europe. This textbook provides a comprehensive analysis of EU environmental policies, covering key actors, dynamics, and responses to challenges like biodiversity loss, climate change, energy insecurity, and pollution. It is an essential resource for students studying environmental policy, politics, climate change, and EU politics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 402 pages
Publication date: 07 May 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The European Union (EU) wields a profound influence on the formulation, design, and implementation of environmental policies across a significant portion of the world, particularly in Europe. The latest edition of this esteemed textbook offers a cutting-edge analysis of the EU's environmental policies. Comprising five parts, Environmental Policy in the EU delves into the rapidly evolving context within which EU environmental policies are shaped, the key actors involved in their co-production, and the most prominent dynamics of policymaking, spanning from agenda setting and decision-making to implementation and evaluation. Authored by renowned international experts, individual chapters explore how the EU responds to a diverse range of challenges, including biodiversity loss, climate change, energy insecurity, and water and air pollution. They unravel the intricate interplay between the EU's policies on these topics and national and international environmental policies.

In this meticulously revised fourth edition, a broader range of learning features are employed to ensure that readers gain a comprehensive understanding of how EU environmental policies have evolved over the past 50 years and how they are adapting to the rapidly changing challenges of the twenty-first century, including the COVID-19 pandemic. It serves as an indispensable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing studies in environmental policy and politics, climate change, environmental law, and EU politics more broadly.

Additionally, the Open Access versions of chapters 19 and 20, accessible at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429402333, have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Weight: 903g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138392144
Edition number: 4 New edition