After years of existential crisis, Europe has found a new raison d’être: the European Green Deal and the energy transition that lies at its core. This green Europe represents a normative vision, an economic growth strategy, as well as a route to a political Union that would enhance EU integration and legitimacy. But it can only be realized if it addresses head-on the social, economic, political and geopolitical ramifications of this epochal change.
In A Green and Global Europe, Nathalie Tocci explains how the unprecedented nature of the current energy transition represents both a unique opportunity and a huge challenge to Europe’s future prosperity. The EU, she argues, must not act in isolation or ignore the adverse effects of the transition on Member States and neighbours. It must also address the global cleavages that may arise with China, the transatlantic relationship and the Global South as a result of the EU’s green agenda. By adopting a truly global approach to the energy transition, Europe can deliver on its responsibilities to people and planet alike, and avoid unleashing social, economic and security problems that could come biting back at the Union.
Author(s): Nathalie Tocci
Publisher: Polity
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 223
City: Cambridge
Cover
Title page
Copyright
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
A technology- and policy-driven transition
A green and global Europe
Structure of this book
1 A Green and Political Europe
The EU as a global climate leader
From European energy security to the European Green Deal
The political rationale underpinning the European Green Deal
2 A Green Europe and the Future of Liberal Democracy
The internal and external opponents of liberal democracy, and of the European Union
Picking on the fragilities of liberal democracies
The distributional effects of the energy transition
The 2021–2 energy price spike as a canary in the transition coalmine
Climate, energy transition and Euroscepticism
Addressing the socio-economic costs and political consequences of the transition
Policy and political avenues ahead
3 A Green Europe in a Troubled Neighbourhood
Supporting the transformation of energy and governance systems beyond EU borders
Addressing fragilities in neighbouring regions
Disarming fossil dependences
Addressing the direct effects of EU transition policies: the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Unlocking transition opportunities in neighbouring regions
Complex crises and EU foreign policy
4 A Green Europe amidst Global Rivalry
A new bipolarity
The geopolitics of transition and great power rivalry
European strategic autonomy and the energy transition
A transatlantic green cause
Climate finance, the Global South and European responsibility
Conclusion
The green and global sides of the European coin
Reconciling institutionally a green and global Europe
From climate security to a green and global Europe
Notes
References
Index
EULA
