Over the past five decades, the European Union (EU) has developed into the most legally and politically authoritative regional organization in the world, wielding significant influence across a wide range of issue areas. European Union and Environmental Governance focuses on the growing global role of EU environmental and sustainable development policies in Europe and around the world.

Introduction: The EU and environmental policy 1.Theorizing European integration and environmental sustainability 2. EU history and the environment 3. EU actors and policy instruments 4. Analyzing environmental decision-making and implementation 5. Cases in European environmental governance 6. The EU abroad 7. The future of EU environmental governance

Henrik Selin is Associate Professor in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He conducts research and teaches courses on global and regional politics and policy making on environment and sustainable development.

Stacy D. VanDeveer is Professor of Political Science and Department Chairat the University of New Hampshire. His research interests include international environmental policymaking and its domestic impacts, connections between environmental and security issues, the role of expertise in policy making, transatlantic relations and global resource politics.