Anastassia Obydenkova is Research Scientist at the Institute for Economic Analysis of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IAE-CSIC) and Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Spain. Her main areas of expertise are sustainable development, socio-economic and geopolitical transformations, global environmental politics, and area-focus on Eurasia and China. She is the author and editor of multiple books and articles on these topics. She was awarded research fellowships at Yale, Princeton, and Harvard Universities.

• Introduction—Global environmental politics and international organizations: the Eurasian and European experience 1. Environmental commitments and rhetoric over the pandemic crisis: social media and legitimation of the AIIB, the EAEU, and the EU 2. The impact of new actors in global environmental politics: the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development meets China 3. Do social and environmental capabilities improve bank stability? Evidence from transition countries 4. Post-accession backsliding and European Union environmental policies 5. Impact of the environmental taxes on reduction of emission from transport in Latvia 6. Environmental conflict, renewable energy, or both? Public opinion on small hydropower plants in Serbia

"Anastassia Odybenkova’s excellent collection of empirically rich chapters offers a host of insights about interactions between international organizations and Central European and Eurasian states and societies – all valuable contributions to our understanding of contemporary policy outcomes and political dynamics."Stacy D. VanDeveer, Professor of Global Governance and Human Security, University of Massachusetts Boston (USA)"Eurasia has only seldom been a focus on global environmental politics despite the region’s importance for (fossil) resources. This carefully edited collection gives the region the attention it deserves. The theoretically informed empirical analyses provide insights for the region and beyond."Jale Tosun, Professor of Political Science, Heidelberg University (Germany)"This volume enriches our understanding of regional environmental governance by confronting lessons and expectations derived mostly from the European experience with empirical studies of international organizations with memberships more diverse or volatile on the democratic-authoritarian dimension. It advances the study of authoritarian regionalism by examining the interplay of global, regional, national and private institutions on a string of pressing sustainable-development issues."Olav Schram Stokke, Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo (Norway)

Anastassia Obydenkova is Research Scientist at the Institute for Economic Analysis of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IAE-CSIC) and Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Spain. Her main areas of expertise are sustainable development, socio-economic and geopolitical transformations, global environmental politics, and area-focus on Eurasia and China. She is the author and editor of multiple books and articles on these topics. She was awarded research fellowships at Yale, Princeton, and Harvard Universities.

• Introduction—Global environmental politics and international organizations: the Eurasian and European experience 1. Environmental commitments and rhetoric over the pandemic crisis: social media and legitimation of the AIIB, the EAEU, and the EU 2. The impact of new actors in global environmental politics: the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development meets China 3. Do social and environmental capabilities improve bank stability? Evidence from transition countries 4. Post-accession backsliding and European Union environmental policies 5. Impact of the environmental taxes on reduction of emission from transport in Latvia 6. Environmental conflict, renewable energy, or both? Public opinion on small hydropower plants in Serbia

"Anastassia Odybenkova’s excellent collection of empirically rich chapters offers a host of insights about interactions between international organizations and Central European and Eurasian states and societies – all valuable contributions to our understanding of contemporary policy outcomes and political dynamics."Stacy D. VanDeveer, Professor of Global Governance and Human Security, University of Massachusetts Boston (USA)"Eurasia has only seldom been a focus on global environmental politics despite the region’s importance for (fossil) resources. This carefully edited collection gives the region the attention it deserves. The theoretically informed empirical analyses provide insights for the region and beyond."Jale Tosun, Professor of Political Science, Heidelberg University (Germany)"This volume enriches our understanding of regional environmental governance by confronting lessons and expectations derived mostly from the European experience with empirical studies of international organizations with memberships more diverse or volatile on the democratic-authoritarian dimension. It advances the study of authoritarian regionalism by examining the interplay of global, regional, national and private institutions on a string of pressing sustainable-development issues."Olav Schram Stokke, Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo (Norway)

Anastassia Obydenkova is Research Scientist at the Institute for Economic Analysis of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IAE-CSIC) and Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Spain. Her main areas of expertise are sustainable development, socio-economic and geopolitical transformations, global environmental politics, and area-focus on Eurasia and China. She is the author and editor of multiple books and articles on these topics. She was awarded research fellowships at Yale, Princeton, and Harvard Universities.

• Introduction—Global environmental politics and international organizations: the Eurasian and European experience 1. Environmental commitments and rhetoric over the pandemic crisis: social media and legitimation of the AIIB, the EAEU, and the EU 2. The impact of new actors in global environmental politics: the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development meets China 3. Do social and environmental capabilities improve bank stability? Evidence from transition countries 4. Post-accession backsliding and European Union environmental policies 5. Impact of the environmental taxes on reduction of emission from transport in Latvia 6. Environmental conflict, renewable energy, or both? Public opinion on small hydropower plants in Serbia

"Anastassia Odybenkova’s excellent collection of empirically rich chapters offers a host of insights about interactions between international organizations and Central European and Eurasian states and societies – all valuable contributions to our understanding of contemporary policy outcomes and political dynamics."Stacy D. VanDeveer, Professor of Global Governance and Human Security, University of Massachusetts Boston (USA)"Eurasia has only seldom been a focus on global environmental politics despite the region’s importance for (fossil) resources. This carefully edited collection gives the region the attention it deserves. The theoretically informed empirical analyses provide insights for the region and beyond."Jale Tosun, Professor of Political Science, Heidelberg University (Germany)"This volume enriches our understanding of regional environmental governance by confronting lessons and expectations derived mostly from the European experience with empirical studies of international organizations with memberships more diverse or volatile on the democratic-authoritarian dimension. It advances the study of authoritarian regionalism by examining the interplay of global, regional, national and private institutions on a string of pressing sustainable-development issues."Olav Schram Stokke, Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo (Norway)