Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?

by Frans Berkhout, Dave Huitema, Harro van Asselt, et al.

Book Overview

The European Union (EU) has emerged as a leading governing body in the international struggle to govern climate change. The transformation that has occurred in its policies and institutions has profoundly affected climate change politics at the international level and within its 27 Member States. But how has this been achieved when the EU comprises so many levels of governance, when political leadership in Europe is so dispersed and the policy choices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521208904
• ISBN13: 9780521208901
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"