The EU legal and policy framework -- Environmental integration in bilateral/inter-regional agreements -- Environmental integration in the Generalised System of Preferences -- Environmental integration in external assistance -- Environmental integration in institutionalised dialogues -- Environmental integration through Sustainability Impact Assessments -- Supporting environmental multilateralism
Summary
The book examines the integration of environmental protection requirements into EU external relations focusing on unilateral, bilateral and inter-regional instruments, which have been less explored than the multilateral dimension of EU environmental policy. The book also explores for the first time the complex interplay and mutual influences between EU environmental integration initiatives and environmental multilateralism. On the one hand it identifies the legal and other instruments used by the EU to support the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements in third countries (part
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-301) and index
