Environmental NGOs: pushing for leadership

Connelly, James; Wurzel, Rudi

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
• APA6 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