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Leadership in the climate change regime: the European Union in the looking glass

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  • Joyeeta Gupta
  • Nicolien van der Grijp

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This paper examines the role of European Union (EU) leadership in the climate change regime. The EU has adopted a negotiating strategy with a high profile. This strategy is seen differently by negotiators and actors from non-European and EU countries. This is evident from 67 interviews conducted over the period from October 1997 to July 1998. The analysis indicates that leadership in the climate change issue is not the prerogative of one country or one group of countries. Rather, there are groups of countries that play different types of leadership role in the process. Furthermore, leadership emerges as a "razor thin" process. The leadership in the regime is apparently not based on broad societal support or across-the-board political commitment in the countries from which it emerges. The EU has had an active negotiating strategy. However, this strategy has been perceived to have some weaknesses, the most notable being the allegation that the EU tends to be "hypocritical". This article attempts to analyse the information on EU leadership in the context of the changing paradigm of leadership in the climate change regime.

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  • Joyeeta Gupta & Nicolien van der Grijp, 1999. "Leadership in the climate change regime: the European Union in the looking glass," International Journal of Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(2), pages 303-322.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijsusd:v:2:y:1999:i:2:p:303-322
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    1. Joyeeta Gupta & Lasse Ringius, 2001. "The EU's Climate Leadership: Reconciling Ambition and Reality," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 1(2), pages 281-299, April.
    2. Isha Sharma, 2020. "Climate Change and Order: Mapping the Scope of International Relations in Studying Climate Politics," International Studies, , vol. 57(4), pages 361-374, October.
    3. Magnus Andersson & Arthur Mol, 2002. "The Netherlands in the UNFCCC Process –Leadership between Ambition and Reality," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 49-68, March.
    4. Diarmuid Torney, 2014. "External Perceptions and EU Foreign Policy Effectiveness: The Case of Climate Change," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(6), pages 1358-1373, November.
    5. Diarmuid Torney, 2012. "Assessing EU Leadership on Climate Change - The Limits of Diffusion in EU Relations with China and India," KFG Working Papers p0046, Free University Berlin.
    6. Heather Lovell, 2007. "Exploring the Role of Materials in Policy Change: Innovation in Low-Energy Housing in the UK," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 39(10), pages 2500-2517, October.

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