Managing networks: Cohesion and fluidity in EU climate cooperation with European neighbours

Karina Shyrokykh, Lisa Dellmuth and Elisa Funk
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Karina Shyrokykh: Department of Economic History and International Relations, 7675Stockholm University, Sweden
Lisa Dellmuth: Department of Economic History and International Relations, 7675Stockholm University, Sweden
Elisa Funk: Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS), 27257University of Salzburg, Austria

European Union Politics, 2023, vol. 24, issue 3, 539-558

Abstract: The European Union (EU) is increasingly relying on regional policy networks to govern climate change outside its borders, both in the areas of climate change adaptation and mitigation. Although the functioning of such policy networks has consequences for climate policy in participating countries, little is known about the role of such networks. This article focuses on the example of climate cooperation with the European Neighbourhood Policy region, conceptualizing the EU as a network manager. Using a novel dataset on climate networks in the European Neighbourhood Policy region for the period 2013–2017, we show that the EU uses climate networks for multiple purposes. The results suggest that the EU uses climate networks not only to mitigate the risks associated with climate change, but also to manage varying contexts in the region.

Keywords: Climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation; European neighbourhood policy; European Union; network management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/14651165231152836

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