EU, the US and global climate governance / edited by Christine Bakker and Francesco Francioni, European University institute, Florence, Italy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Christine Bakker and Francesco Francioni -- The evolution of the global environmental system : trends and prospects in the EU and the US / Francesco Francioni and Christine Bakker -- The shifting locus of global climate policy leadership / Denny Ellerman -- The evolution of EU policy and law in the environmental field : achievements and current challenges / Emanuela Orlando -- The evolution of EU competences in the field of external relations and its impact on environmental governance policies / Kati Kulovesi and Marise Cremona -- The importance of coherent and integrated energy and agriculture policies in meeting EU climate change objectives / Antony Frogatt, Estelle Rouhaud and Tereza Svačinová -- The European emission trading system : flashing lights, dark shadows and future prospects for global ETS cooperation / Simone Borghesi and Massimiliano Montini.

Planes, trains and automobiles : the EU legislation on climate change and the question of consistency with WTO law / Stephanie Hiesinger and Petros C. Mavroidis -- Primary sovereign rights or secondary environmental duties? : critical international law issues raised by the extraterritorial application of the EU emission trading system in the aviation sector / Ottavio Quirico -- New drivers of US climate action? : the politics of extreme weather and adaptation / Bernice Lee and Diarmuid Torney -- Adjustments of US energy policy to climate change : trends at the federal and state level / Helena Schulzová -- The new US domestic climate and clean energy agenda / Nigel Purvis, Cecilia Springer and Samuel Grausz -- EU and US non-state actors and climate governance / Annalisa Savaresi -- The governance of the Arctic environment : the EU and US contribution / Patrizia Vigni -- Handing over leadership : the drivers and future of transatlantic environmental governance / Eugenio Cusumano.