Climate Change Policy in the European Union

Andrew Jordan is Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. He is interested in the governance of environmental problems in different political contexts, but especially the European Union. He is a managing editor of the journal Environment and Planning C and has published numerous books, including Environmental Policy in the EU, 2nd edition (Earthscan, 2005), The Coordination of the EU (with A. Schout, Oxford University Press, 2006), and Governing Sustainability (with N. Adger, Cambridge University Press, 2009). Dave Huitema is a senior researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He specializes in public administration and public policy and has 15 years of experience in analyzing environmental policy. His current focus is on adaptive governance and the institutional prescriptions that this entails. His most recent book focuses on policy entrepreneurs and their role in accomplishing transitions in water management (Edward Elgar, 2009). Harro van Asselt is a researcher in the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, and research fellow with the Global Governance Project. He has published extensively on issues related to global climate governance, focusing on the interplay between climate and trade issues, and the Kyoto Protocol's flexibility mechanisms. He is managing editor of the journal International Environmental Agreements, and associate editor of the Carbon and Climate Law Review. Tim Rayner is a senior researcher at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research based at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. He is a political scientist by training and has a long-standing interest in environmental policy, particularly its formulation and evaluation. Prior to joining the Tyndall Centre, he lectured in environmental policy at the London School of Economics and held research posts at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Frans Berkhout is Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He has extensive research and management experience across a number of fields. His early research was concerned with the nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste management. His more recent work has been concerned with technology, policy and sustainability, with a special emphasis on the links between technological innovation and environmental performance.

• Foreword; Preface; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Part I. Introduction and Overview: 1. Climate change policy in the European Union: an introduction Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema and Harro van Asselt; Part II. The Evolving Governance Context: The European Union: 2. Governing the European Union: policy choices and governance dilemmas Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Tim Rayner and Harro van Asselt; 3. The evolution of climate policy in the European Union: an historical overview Andrew Jordan and Tim Rayner; Part III. Climate Policy in the European Union: Understanding the Past: 4. Burden sharing: distributing burdens or sharing efforts? Constanze Haug and Andrew Jordan; 5. Renewable energies: a continuing balancing act? Roger Hildingsson, Johannes Stripple and Andrew Jordan; 6. Emissions trading: the enthusiastic adoption of an 'alien' instrument? Harro van Asselt; 7. Adapting to a changing climate: an emerging European Union policy? Tim Rayner and Andrew Jordan; 8. Adaptation in the water sector: will mainstreaming be sufficient? Eric Massey, Dave Huitema, Andrew Jordan and Tim Rayner; 9. The evolution of climate change policy in the European Union: a synthesis Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Harro van Asselt and Tim Rayner; Part IV. Climate Policy in the European Union: Future Challenges: 10. Exploring the future: the role of scenarios and policy exercises Frans Berkhout, Constanze Haug, Roger Hildingsson, Johannes Stripple and Andrew Jordan; 11. Governance choices and dilemmas in a warmer Europe: what does the future hold for the European Union? Johannes Stripple, Tim Rayner, Roger Hildingsson, Andrew Jordan and Constanze Haug; Part V. Climate Policy in the European Union: Retrospect and Prospect: 12. Governing climate change in the European Union: understanding the past and preparing for the future Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Harro van Asselt, Tim Rayner and Frans Berkhout; Index.

Review of the hardback: 'Surveying the role of the European Union in relation to climate change policy is no easy task … How successful or otherwise the EU might be in this endeavour has a resonance across the world. This book provides an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to assess the possibilities and the pitfalls.' Lord Anthony Giddens, London School of Economics and Political Science, from the Foreword