Over the last two decades, populist radical-right parties (PRRPs) have been the most
successful newcomers in European party systems. This article contributes to the emerging …

Leaders and pioneers are widely seen as agents of change. Such actors are of central
importance for climate change mitigation and adaptation. We define pioneers as being …

There is wide consensus among global environmental politics (GEP) scholars about the
urgent need for leadership in international climate negotiations and other environmental …

This chapter investigates the perceptions of climate science and the framing of climate
action in the United States, China, and the European Union. It shows how the sceptical …

Abstract With regard to European Union (EU) environmental directives, member states seem
to show a discrepancy between external ambitions as expressed in the European arena …

This chapter assesses the role of the European Council, the Council of the EU (hereafter the
Council) and Member States in European Union (EU) climate policy. Considering their …

Climate change communication in the Netherlands started in the 1950s, but it was not until
the late 1970s that the issue earned a place on the public agenda, as an aspect of the …

In the face of daunting environmental challenges, leadership in the development of
environmental policy may be more important now than ever. While some countries are …

This chapter starts by assessing the creation of environmental policy in the six case
countries as well as the EU in the period of 1969–1974. Using 1975 as the baseline point of …

The article discusses climate leadership in international society from the perspective of the
English School of International Relations theory. In the English School theory, climate …