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Environmental, climate and energy policies: Path-dependent incrementalism or quantum leap? (2010)
Journal Article
Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Environmental, climate and energy policies: Path-dependent incrementalism or quantum leap?. German Politics, 19(3-4), 460-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2010.515838

The Grand Coalition's ability to induce significant environmental policy changes was constrained by a 'dual path dependency'. First, environmental policy has developed into a relatively consensual policy field in Germany although there are also some... Read More about Environmental, climate and energy policies: Path-dependent incrementalism or quantum leap?.

Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition (2010)
Book Chapter
Dai, X., & Diao, Z. (2010). Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (252-268). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

Traditional Chinese thinking holds that human development and nature are in ‘one’ (harmony, or ). The notion of harmony between nature and society suggests that the ancient Chinese were already aware of the importance of the ecological system to huma... Read More about Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition.

Environmental NGOs Taking a lead? (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a Leader in Climate Change (214-231). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), which set up its offi ce in Brussels in 1974, remained for more than a decade the only major environmental non-governmental organisation (ENGO) focusing primarily on European Union (EU) environmental policy. I... Read More about Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?.

Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (3-20). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, few still doubt that climate change poses one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. Certainly, the European Union (EU) and most of its Member States have made climate change a major political priori... Read More about Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics.

Evironmental Policies: Green Europe (2010)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. (2010). Evironmental Policies: Green Europe. Which Europe? The Politics of Differentiated European Integration (265 - 278). Palgrave Macmillan