The External Dimension of European Union Marine Governance: Institutional Interplay between the EU and the International Maritime Organization

Judith van Leeuwen and Kristine Kern
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Judith van Leeuwen: Judith van Leeuwen is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Environmental Policy Group of Wageningen University (The Netherlands).
Kristine Kern: Kristine Kern is Professor at the University of Potsdam and the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development, Germany. She is also Affiliated Professor at Södertörn University, Sweden.

Global Environmental Politics, 2013, vol. 13, issue 1, 69-87

Abstract: This article focuses on the emergence of a decentralized institutional complex, interplay management, and the institutional interplay between the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the EU in the issue area of environmental shipping policies. It shows that the synergistic relationship between both institutions has been driven primarily by commitment and compliance mechanisms. By influencing IMO decision-making and improving the implementation and effectiveness of IMO conventions, the EU has become a driving force in international environmental shipping policies, and its new initiatives may even enhance its leadership role within the IMO in the future. Despite the still-existing lack of cognitive leadership by the EU, the synergies between both institutions provide evidence for the EU's leadership capacities in global environmental politics. © 2013 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Keywords: International Maritime Organization; European Union; environmental shipping policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F51 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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