The European Union and its role in climate change negotiations at the UNFCCC. From a loss to a recovery of leadership with costs 2009-2018

BUENO MARÍA DEL PILAR

The Transformation of the European Union. The Impact of Climate Change in European Policies

World Scientific

Año: 2020; p. 33 - 62

This chapter analyzes the changes experienced in the EU leadership in climate change diplomacy, in particular, at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from Copenhagen Summit in 2009 to Katowice Conference in 2018. This period is portrayed by an adjustment in the leadership of the EU that can be considered in isolation after the withdrawal of the United States from the Kyoto Protocol. However, Copenhagen illustrated the beginning of a shared leadership with the United States and China that continues to generate great challenges to the EU regionally and internationally.Considering the vast trajectory of leadership literacy applied to climate change negotiations, this contribution underscores four features of EU leadership at the international climate change arena including its vision, the internal coherence, the degree of achievement of its objectives and proposals and the flexibility to adapt to changing contexts.