Topic: Politics and EPP - climate policy dimension

• The European Commission as a climate "policy entrepreneur" 
• Internal fragmentation of the European Council and its relations with the European Commission in the area of climate policy
• Is the European Parliament really "the most green" actor in the EU?
• European Investment Bank and European Climate bank and their role in decarbonization

Mandatory literature:

• Schoenefeld, J., Jordan, A.J., (2020) Towards harder soft governance? Monitoring climate policy in the EU, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (14 pages)
• Szulecki, K.,  Fischer, S., Gullberg, A.T., Sartor, O., (2016).  Shaping the ‘Energy Union': between national positions and governance innovation in EU energy and climate policy, Climate Policy, 16:5, (pages 548-567)
• Bürgin, A., (2015) National binding renewable energy targets for 2020, but not for 2030 anymore: why the European Commission developed from a supporter to a brakeman, Journal of European Public Policy, 22:5, (pages 690-707)
• Burns, Ch. (2019) In the eye of the storm? The European Parliament, the environment and the EU’s crises, Journal of European Integration, 41:3, (pages 311-327)