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EU Law and Government Study Group

Are the Promises of the Paris Climate Agreement Perishing? A Spotlight on the EU, US and China


October 10, 2018
10:30am - 12:00pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
October 10, 2018
10:30am - 12:00pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

In 2016, the Paris Climate Agreement limited the increase of the global average temperature to 1.5 °C. The governance architecture to make these goals a reality has been bottom-up, fragmented and poly-centric. Two years after Paris, the EU has reformed its climate and energy policies, adopted multiple targets, strengthened the emissions trading system (ETS), enlarged its portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy regulations and improved its monitoring and reporting requirements. The US and China have approached the climate issue very differently. While China has become more vocal and constructive in the global arena, the Trump administration has withdrawn from the non-binding Paris agreement. Why do the effects of the Paris Climate Agreement seem to be so different in the European Union than in China and the US? What new challenges do the actions (and non-actions) of the US and China create for the European Union?

Sponsors

This event is co-sponsored by:

  • Weatherhead Center for International Relations-Scancor Partnership
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