The EU as an Actor in International Environmental Negotiations

The mechanisms that allow for the joint participation of the European Union (EU) and its Member States in multilateral environmental negotiations are much more complex than what the three-pillar structure (abolished by the Treaty of Lisbon) suggested. This book draws on principal-agent approaches to investigate how the distribution of competences between the European Commission and Member States affects the capacity of the EU to perform as a cohesive and coherent global actor.

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Tatiana Coutto holds academic degrees in Biological Sciences and in International Relations. This book results from the research work carried out at the European University Institute, where she obtained her PhD. Research interests: European institutions and policy-making, comparative research, interviews as a method of data collection.