The European Union’s environmental foreign policy: from planning to a strategy?

• Published in: International Politics Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 339 - 358
• Main Author: Schunz, Simon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: London Springer Science and Business Media LLC 01.06.2019; Palgrave Macmillan UK; Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Ambition; Climate change; Development Studies; Environmental policy; Foreign Policy; International Political Economy; International Relations; Leadership; Original Article; Political Science; Political Science and International Relations; Political Science and International Studies; Europe; Environment; Strategy; Environmental foreign policy; Strategic studies; European Union

In the early twenty-first century, environmental matters have become subject to high politics, tackled in complex global contexts. In such contexts, effectively dealing with environmental challenges requires a geopolitically informed environmental foreign policy strategy. This article examines wheth...