A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy

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Autor(a) principal: Earsom, Joseph
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Delreux, Tom
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i3.4296
Resumo: In April 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) reached agreement on its Initial Strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. The Initial Strategy was a success for the EU, as it achieved its long-term objective of reaching an international agreement on greening shipping. However, several factors call into question whether the “success” was the result of the role played by the EU. Using process-tracing, we provide insight into the factors and the mechanism that led the EU to achieve its objective with the Initial Strategy. The article finds that the EU’s goal achievement was the result of a mechanism triggered by (1) its overarching objective for action in the IMO on emissions in international shipping; (2) an entrepreneurial coalition partner; and (3) mounting momentum for action in the IMO. While the EU, including through its member states, played an important role in the negotiations, it only did so relatively late in the process, building on the successful work of the Shipping High Ambition Coalition. Based on this case study, we note implications not only for the proposed aspects of the European Green Deal related to greenhouse gas emissions from shipping, but also our understanding of the EU as an international (climate) actor.
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title A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy
spellingShingle A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy
Earsom, Joseph
climate negotiations; European Green Deal; European Union; maritime emissions
title_short A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy
title_full A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy
title_fullStr A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy
title_full_unstemmed A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy
title_sort A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy
author Earsom, Joseph
author_facet Earsom, Joseph
Delreux, Tom
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Delreux, Tom
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv climate negotiations; European Green Deal; European Union; maritime emissions
topic climate negotiations; European Green Deal; European Union; maritime emissions
description In April 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) reached agreement on its Initial Strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. The Initial Strategy was a success for the EU, as it achieved its long-term objective of reaching an international agreement on greening shipping. However, several factors call into question whether the “success” was the result of the role played by the EU. Using process-tracing, we provide insight into the factors and the mechanism that led the EU to achieve its objective with the Initial Strategy. The article finds that the EU’s goal achievement was the result of a mechanism triggered by (1) its overarching objective for action in the IMO on emissions in international shipping; (2) an entrepreneurial coalition partner; and (3) mounting momentum for action in the IMO. While the EU, including through its member states, played an important role in the negotiations, it only did so relatively late in the process, building on the successful work of the Shipping High Ambition Coalition. Based on this case study, we note implications not only for the proposed aspects of the European Green Deal related to greenhouse gas emissions from shipping, but also our understanding of the EU as an international (climate) actor.
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