The Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics provides a wide-ranging and in-depth assessment of current and emerging challenges facing the EU in committing to and delivering increasingly ambitious climate policy objectives. It traces the development of climate and energy policies since the early 1990s and examines their continued evolution in the context of the 2019 European Green Deal.

With contributions from leading international scholars, it describes the key dynamics driving policy developments and the role of key actors in climate and energy-related policy processes. Covering topics that have previously been relatively neglected, or have recently gained greater significance, such as finance and investment, ‘hard to abate’ sectors and negative emissions, this timely Handbook offers an up-to-date and unrivalled exploration of the complexities of climate policymaking.

It will be of primary interest to academics researching EU politics, and environmental politics, policy, regulation and governance more widely. It will be especially pertinent to students and researchers who require more specialized knowledge of EU climate policy and politics.

Edited by Tim Rayner, Research Fellow, School of Environmental Sciences and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK, Kacper Szulecki, Research Professor in International Climate Governance, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, Norway, Andrew J. Jordan, Professor of Environmental Policy, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK and Sebastian Oberthür, Professor for Environment and Sustainable Development, Brussels School of Governance (BSoG), Belgium and Professor of Environmental Policy and Law, Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland