Objective To analyse EU policies related to climate change and to identify barriers to and conditions for a EU leadership role in global environmental regimes taking into account the links between levels (national, EU, global) and between different economic sectors; to contribute to the understanding of the linkages between internal and external dimensions of EU policies with special regard to climate change and sustainable development.OBJECTIVES : To analyse EU policies related to climate change and to identify barriers to and conditions for a EU leadership role in global environmental regimes taking into account the links between levels (national, EU, global) and between different economic sectors; to contribute to the understanding of the linkages between internal and external dimensions of EU policies with special regard to climate change and sustainable development. DESCRIPTION : The research consists of six modules. The opening modules examine the nature of the challenge in terms of the factors that influence national perceptions, interests and attitudes, and review the lessons that can be drawn form existing international regimes on ozone layer depletion, acidification, Mediterranean Sea, Tropical deforestation, and the European Energy Charter. Subsequent models examine the potential international regimes for controlling greenhouse gas emissions along three dimensions : i) the climate policy strategies for the EU, including the relationships between the EU and border countries; ii) the global context, particularly the determinants of national positions and potential global coalitions; iii) the role of the EU in developing the global climate change regime. The final module explores how the findings of the previous modules relate to the broader issues of sustainability that surround the climate problem and tries to shed light on how the accounting for secondary benefits may expand the EU horizon towards sustainability. The consideration of such secondary, indirect benefits can in fact provide the basis for identifying "mutual gains" between climate protection policies and economic development. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencesozone depletionnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 04 - Human dimensions of environmental change Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Address St james's square 10 SW1Y 4LE London United Kingdom See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 45bis,avenue de la belle gabrielle 94736 Nogent-sur-marne See on map FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Corso magenta 63 Milano See on map Links Website Opens in new window FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND DEVELOPMENT United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Russell square 52-53 WC1B 4HP London See on map Links Website Opens in new window Fridtjof Nansen Institutt Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address 17,fridjof nansens vei 1326 Lysaker See on map SOCIETE DE MATHEMATIQUES APPLIQUEES ET DE SCIENCES HUMAINES France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue rosenwald 20 Paris See on map VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM - VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERWIJS Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address De boelelaan 1115 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map WUPPERTAL INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 19,doeppersberg 19 42103 Wuppertal See on map
