EU Environmental Governance

Drawing on expertise from renowned academics and practitioners from different disciplines, EU Environmental Governance: Current and Future Challenges helps readers to understand the main legal, political and economic issues of environmental protection since the adoption of the Paris Agreement by the European Union in 2015.

This book presents an overview of the field of environmental law and policies within the European Union (EU) and externally, from theoretical foundations to major issues and applied governance solutions.

Drawing on expertise from renowned academics and practitioners from different disciplines, EU Environmental Governance: Current and Future Challenges helps readers to understand the main legal, political and economic issues of environmental protection since the adoption of the European Green Deal in 2019. This new edition presents both current insights and future challenges as they seem to be emerging in the new geopolitical era in the EU after major events such as the COVID 19 pandemic and the Russian invasion in Ukraine. The authors examine a broad range of sensitive and topical environmental challenges including climate change, air and environmental pollution, waste management, biodiversity protection, environmental and human health, marine biodiversity, renewable energy, nuclear energy and sustainable Arctic governance. Overall, this volume exposes the reader to a vast array of empirical case studies, which will bolster their training and help tackle the environmental challenges faced by Europe today.

This book is a valuable resource for students, researchers and policymakers across a broad range of fields, including environmental law and policies, environmental economics, climate science and environmental sociology.

Autorentext

Amandine Orsini is Professor of International Relations at the UCLouvain Saint Louis - Bruxelles (USL B). She is Jean Monnet Chair on "the European Union and Global Green Politics: the Anthropocene Challenge" (EUGlobal Green) and is the academic Director of the advanced Master on EU environmental governance (POLLEN Master) at USL B. She has published Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance (2020) and Global Environmental Politics. Understanding the Governance of the Earth (2020).

Eleni Kavvatha is a researcher in Arctic and EU Relations at UCLouvain Saint Louis - Bruxelles, where she works for CReSPo (Centre of Research in Political Science) and the ISPOLE (Institut de Sciences Politique) under the supervision of Amandine Orsini. Her research is focused on the impact of EU environmental policies on the Sámi Indigenous People in the European Arctic region. She has worked in Belgium, Norway, Iceland, Svalbard, Greenland and the Finish Lapland, on subjects related to EU External Relations in the High North, non state actors in the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples Organizations, Arctic communities and Arctic Governance. She holds a Master's degree in Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development from Panteion University of Political and Social Studies in Athens, followed by a Master's degree in Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas from UiT, The Arctic University of Norway. She has cöedited the previous edition of this book for Routledge publishing house under the title EU Environmental Governance: Current and Future Challenges and has several publications related to the Arctic.

Inhalt

Introduction: EU environmental governance revisited: an introduction : The European Union, still a leader and laboratory for environmental politics? Part 1: Air Quality and EU Climate Policy **1. The Environment as a Human Right. New Challenges, in Europe 2. EU Climate Policy Part 2: Energy policy 1.Safety, Sustainability, and Synchronization: The Gap in EU Policies on Nuclear Waste Management 2.The transposition of Renewable Energy Community provisions in Central and Eastern Europe: an evidence of varied polycentric governance systems Part 3: Agriculture and biodiversity 1. **Agriculture and Biodiversity in Europe: The faded Green Deal - reversing the biodiversity collapse in the European farming sector The European Union's International Ocean Governance framework, a path towards a turquoise diplomacy Part 4: Waste and Health 1. The Sustainable Batteries Regulation 2. Towards an integrated policy framework for environmental governance? EU Trade and Environmental Policies: Between Contradiction and Complementarity 2. Cleaning Up the Mess: Latest Developments in the EU - an Answer to Environmental Conflicts Arctic Governance - an updated field of EU Action - Eleni Kavvatha 2. Youth and EU Environmental Policy *Conclusion: *EU Environmental Governance revisited