Why Climate? The Drivers of the European Union's Climate Governance in its Post-Soviet East European Neighbors. Issue 4 (3rd September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shyrokykh, Karina
• Is Part Of: Problems of post-communism. Volume 69:Issue 4/5(2022)
• Page Start: 358
• Page End: 368
• Publication Date: 2022-09-03
• Subjects: Post-communism -- Periodicals; Post-communism; Periodicals; 330.91717
• DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2021.1974888
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1075-8216

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The European Union (EU) has positioned itself as a global climate leader. The EU's engagement with external climate governance is most visible in the six post-Soviet states of Eastern Europe. This article asks what drives the EU's engagement with climate governance in the region. To answer this question, I distinguish between three logics of external climate action: self-interest, functional, and civilizing. By analyzing climate cooperation between the EU and the six states, I demonstrate that a combination of all three logics explains the EU's engagement in external climate governance, but that the functional logic is slightly more prominent than the other two.