The External Environmental Policy of the European Union: EU and International Law Perspectives
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This collection of essays comprehensively
and systematically analyzes the various instruments and innovative approaches
through which the EU is forging its external environmental policy, the legal
implications of its multifaceted practice and interactions with international
environmental law. It explains the legal and institutional framework for EU
external action on environmental protection and sustainable development,
identifying the changes introduced, and challenges posed, by the Lisbon Treaty.
It explores key tools and trends in defining and implementing EU external policy
across a broad range of environmental issues, as well as linkages with trade and
human rights. It also assesses the reciprocal influences between the development
and implementation of EU environmental law and of international environmental
law.
