Workshop: B025 The EU, the war and climate change

Geopolitics and its the consequences on the capacity of the EU to cope with climate change

Under the catch phrase "strategic autonomy" the EU wants to play a big power role in the international system. With the Ukraine war the EU has fallen back into the position of a junior partner under US leadership.

The erosion of transatlantic relations under the Trump administration has
lead to ambitions to transform the EU into a more autonomous player in the international system against the background of the emergence of a polycentric world order. This also included efforts to militarise EU foreign policy. Since the beginning of the Biden administration, these efforts were countered by the US, which has taken a leading role in the formation of a Western alliance against China and Russia. Just like during the Cold War 1.0, the EU region of Europe has once again been reduced to the status of a junior partner. As Russia’s neighbor, the EU is also much more affected by the consequences of the war – from migration and the economy to its capacity to cope with climate change and other global problems.

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Day: 2022-08-20
Start time: 10:00
Duration: 01:45
Room: S203 Organization:
Track: Ecology and climate justice
Language: en

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