This examination of the EU's participation in international environmental negotiations reveals the internal decision-making process behind multilateral environmental agreements. The book's empirical evidence is based on an extensive review of existing literature, primary and semi-confidential document research, as well as interviews with EU decision-makers. It is a valuable resource for readers interested in EU politics and decision-making, global/multilateral governance, environmental policy science and methodological development of Qualitative Comparative Analysis.

Contents: Introduction; The EU and mixed agreements; Member states as principals, EU negotiators as agents; The EU as negotiator in eight international environmental negotiations; Explaining the EU negotiator's discretion; Unravelling the EU decision-making process; Conclusions; Apendices; Bibliography; Index.

Dr Tom Delreux, Institut de Sciences Politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE), University of Louvain, Belgium.