Environmental NGOs: pushing for leadership

Connelly, James.; Wurzel, Rudi.

Authors

Professor James Connelly J.Connelly@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Political Theory

Professor Rudi Wurzel R.K.Wurzel@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Comparative European Politics and Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Studies.

Contributors

Professor Rudi Wurzel R.K.Wurzel@hull.ac.uk
Editor

Professor James Connelly J.Connelly@hull.ac.uk
Editor

Duncan Liefferink
Editor

Abstract

Surprisingly little scholarly attention has been paid to the role which environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) have played in EU climate change politics, although there are exceptions (e.g. Long et al. 2002; Wurzel and Connelly 2011a; Schoenefeld 2014). This stands in contrast to a reasonably extensive literature on ENGOs in EU environmental policy in general (e.g. Long 1998; Adelle and Anderson 2013). This chapter starts with an overview of the historical development of climate change-related activities by Brussels-based ENGOs. It then assesses the four main themes of this book, namely leadership, multi-level and polycentric governance, policy instruments and the low-carbon economy.

Publication Date	Nov 14, 2016
Pages	221-236
Series Title	Routledge Studies in European Foreign Policy
Book Title	The European Union in International Climate Change Politics: Still Taking a Lead?
Chapter Number	15
ISBN	9781138647183
Institution Citation	Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. (2016). Environmental NGOs: pushing for leadership. In R. K. Wurzel, J. Connelly, & D. Liefferink (Eds.), The European Union in International Climate Change Politics: Still Taking a Lead?, 221-236. Routledge
Publisher URL	https://www.routledge.com/The-European-Union-in-International-Climate-Change-Politics-Still-Taking/Wurzel-Connelly-Liefferink/p/book/9781138647183