Environmental Integration in the EU's External Relations

1. The EU Legal and Policy Framework
1. Introduction
2. The EU as an International Actor in the Environmental Field
3. EU External Competence on Environmental Matters
4. The Environmental Integration Requirement
5. Environmental Integration in EU External Relations
6. Conclusions
2. Environmental Integration in Bilateral/Inter-regional Agreements
1. Introduction
2. Types of Agreements
3. Environmental Integration in Association as Prelude to EU Membership
4. Environmental Integration in Association as Substitute to EU Membership
5. Environmental Integration in Association as a Development Tool
6. Association as an Instrument of Inter-regional Cooperation
7. Other Agreements
8. Assessment and Conclusions
3. Environmental Integration in the Generalised System of Preferences
1. Introduction
2. Origins and History of the EU GSP
3. Environmental Integration in the Old EU GSP (2001-05)
4. Environmental Integration in the Current GSP (2005-11)
5. Assessment and Conclusions
4. Environmental Integration in External Assistance
1. Introduction
2. EU External Assistance: Instruments and Actors
3. Environmental Integration through Thematic Instruments
4. Environmental Integration through Geographic Instruments
5. Conclusions and Future Prospects
5. Environmental Integration in Institutionalised Dialogues
1. Introduction
2. Types and Objectives of Institutionalised Dialogues
3. An Overview of Practice
4. Thematic Dialogues: The Case of the Global Climate Change Alliance
5. Assessment and Conclusions
6. Environmental Integration through Sustainability Impact Assessments
1. Introduction
2. An Introduction to SIAs
3. An Overview of SIA Practice
4. Assessment and Conclusions
7. Supporting Environmental Multilateralism
1. Introduction
2. Supporting the Implementation of Existing MEAs
3. Building Alliances for Ongoing Multilateral Environmental Negotiations
4. Consensus Building in the Absence of Multilateral Environmental Negotiations
5. Assessment and Conclusions
Conclusions