Climate Change and European Leadership: A Sustainable Role for Europe?

Foreword. Acknowledgements. Summary and overview. Policymakers summary. List of abbreviations. Part I: The EU and Leadership in International Climate and Environmental Regimes: Learning from Experience. 1. Climate change, leadership and the EU; M. Grubb, J. Gupta. 2. Leadership; M. Grubb, J. Gupta. 3. The complicated development of EU climate policy; J. Wettestad. 4. The role of the EU in climate negotiations; F. Yamin. 5. Perceptions of the EU's role; J. Gupta, N. van der Grijp. 6. The EU in international environmental regimes and the Energy Charter Treaty; S. Oberthür. Part II: Socio-Economic Analysis of Climate Policy Strategies. 7. Socio-economics of policy formation and choices; J.-C. Hourcade, et al. 8. The economics of coalition formation; C. Carraro. 9. Issue linkages to the sustainability agenda; W. Jung, R. Loske. 10. Economic dimensions of the Kyoto Protocol; J.-C. Hourcade, M. Grubb. Part III: Implementing EU Commitments on Climate Change. 11. Competence and subsidiarity; A. Dahl. 12. Emission reductions in EU countries; H.A. Aaheim, C. Bretteville. 13. Implementing EU Commitments under Kyoto; M. Grubb, J.-C. Hourcade. Part IV: Global Strategies and Scenarios. 14. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the EU; J. Gupta, N. van der Grijp. 15. Leadership scenarios; J. Gupta, N. van der Grijp. 16. Implementing European leadership;M. Grubb, J. Gupta. References. Annex I: Target differentiation and the `European Bubble'. Index.