European Environmental Conscience in the EU

Marjorie Tendero is an Associate Professor of Economics at ESSCA School of Management, Angers, France, and a member of the EU*Asia Institute. She is an associate researcher at the SMART(Structures and Markets in Agriculture, Resources and Territories) laboratory.Christoph Weber is an Associate Professor of Economics at ESSCA, School of Management, Lyon, France. He is the Deputy Director of the EU*Asia Institute at ESSCA School of Management.

• Introduction: The European Environmental conscience in EU Economics PART 1: The influence of sustainability on the external relations of the European Union 1. Financial Enforcement Instruments of Sustainability 2. Climate Change: New Challenges and Unexpected Threats the Iraqi Case PART 2: The growing role of green finance and sustainability-oriented financial regulation in the European Union 3. Financing Europe’s Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy: The Role of Sustainable Finance 4. Financial Enforcement Instruments of Sustainability 5. The EU Green Bond Market 6. Macroeconomic impact of a green finance shock 7. Going green? The changing role of the ECB in the sustainability strategy of the EU PART 3: The impact of innovation and knowledge transfer on sustainability in the European Union 8. Enabling Sustainability: The Role of Knowledge Flows in Advancing Sustainable Technologies 9. New economic models for sustainability-oriented knowledge transfer? A contrasting case study on two knowledge transfer projects 10. The long walk to digital sobriety in the European Union: A French case study Conclusion: Perspectives for the governance of sustainability in Europe and the European environmental conscience