Transforming EU Foreign Policy: Reforms to Elevate Climate

The EU must reform its climate diplomacy strategy for the 2024-2029 cycle to address geopolitical tensions and competition from China and the US in cleantech. The brief advocates for treating climate considerations as a cross-cutting issue across all foreign policy domains and proposes reforms focused on strategy, governance, coordination, and resources to bolster the external dimension of the Green Deal.

• The EU's competitive position is threatened by rising geopolitical tensions and increased competition from the US and China specifically within the cleantech sector.
• To maintain its role as a global climate leader, the EU needs to integrate climate considerations across all foreign policy domains as a cross-cutting issue and support partners in their transitions based on historical responsibility.
• The document identifies four essential categories of reform to elevate climate within EU foreign policy: strategy, governance, coordination and communication, and resources.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2024). Transforming EU Foreign Policy: Reforms to Elevate Climate. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/transforming-eu-foreign-policy-reforms-to-elevate-climate

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Transforming EU Foreign Policy: Reforms to Elevate Climate. 2024. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/transforming-eu-foreign-policy-reforms-to-elevate-climate.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2024transforming, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Transforming EU Foreign Policy: Reforms to Elevate Climate}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2024}, month = jul, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/transforming-eu-foreign-policy-reforms-to-elevate-climate}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }