Environmental Security Seen from the European Union. The Case of EU Climate Policy as a Preventive Security Policy
Environmental Security Seen from the European Union. The Case of EU Climate Policy as a Preventive Security Policy

Summary/Abstract: Climate change is the inconvenient reality of our days. Neither environmental extremism calling for the return to nature nor environmental scepticism preaching the status quo are viable and constructive attitudes. Rather, most policy-makers have embraced a reticent but cautious position. As a result, a global climate change regime has been forming in the last two decades, the most fervent supporter of which is embodied by the European Union. This paper aims to demonstrate that the EU legitimately qualifies as an environmental leader. Furthermore, it inquires into the operational utility and analytical appropriateness of the emerging environmental security concept. Finally, the paper goes on to identify a policy area which would enable the EU to secure extensive influence in world politics: climate policy as a preventive security policy.

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