Top 10 Climate Change Action Blockers

1. National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
2. U.S. Chamber of Commerce
3. American Petroleum Institute (API)
4. American Fuels and Petrochemical Manufacturers (FMP)
5. Alliance of Automotive Innovation
6. National Mining Association (NMA)
7. American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
8. Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
9. Mineral Council of Australia
10. Japan Business Federation

Overview of the climate lobbying landscape

Source: Carnegie Europe

Addressing climate change requires accommodating diverse interests in a democratically inclusive way. To gain the necessary political support, Brussels must not depoliticize climate action and make it more technocratic. Given the high stakes and the profound impact on Europe’s whole population, any such attempt would result in certain deadlock. There is no alternative to building public support for climate action and to strengthening democratic engagement. Politicians must show that the transition will be fair, or it will not be sustainable politically.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

Secretariat-General

Legal Service

DG Communication (COMM), including the Spokespersons’ Service (SPP)

Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action (I.D.E.A.)

Franz Timmermans, The European Green Deal

Secretariat-General for the Executive Vice-President coordination role

DG Climate Action (DG CLIMA) for the portfolio role

Margrethe Vestager, A Europe Fit for the Digital Age

The big challenge for the European Green Deal is diplomatic. Europe accounts for around 9.1% of global carbon dioxide emissions, compared with 30% for China and 14% for the US. Even if Europe fully implements the Green Deal, it will be for naught if China, the US, and other regions fail to match its efforts. European leaders therefore rightly treat diplomacy as crucial to the Green Deal’s success.

Author: Dr. Frank Umbach 

1. AALEP acts as a centre of expertise on public policy advocacy. It is the independent centre of reference and excellence for promoting public policy advocacy in the European Union and beyond.
2. AALEP acts a catalyst, promotes collaboration, launches new initiatives and introduces solutions to improve public policy advocacy capabilities.
3. AALEP helps professionals and practitioners working in the field of public advocacy pinpoint best practice and new areas of research. It also works with partners in other world regions, exchanging information and expertise.

1. AALEP acts a centre of expertise on public policy advocacy. It is the independent centre of reference and excellence for promoting public policy advocacy in the EU and beyond.
2. AALEP acts as a catalyst, promotes collaboration, launches new initiatives and introduces solution to improve public policy advocacy capabilities.
3. AALEP helps professionals and practitioners working in the field of public policy advocacy pinpoint best practice and new areas of research. It also works with partners in other world regions, exchanging information and expertise.

Author: Dr. Jana Puglierin

At a time when, more than ever, the EU needs to act as a united international player in order not to become a pawn in the hands of major powers, the European member states are increasingly struggling to find the energy and political will to set aside their disagreements and focus on the European common interest. The EU often had no adequate answers to foreign policy crises, and its influence on the international system as a whole has declined.

Decentralised EU agencies play an important role in the European Union (EU). They  have been set up by the EU to perform technical and scientific tasks that help the EU institutions implement policies and take decisions. They are spread across the EU. In parenthesis number of staff.

Scotland never endorsed Brexit on any occasion. While its clear decision to remain in the EU in the 2016 referendum became widely known, it also rejected Brexit at every subsequent election. Not even a single opinion poll ever demonstrated majority support in Scotland for leaving the EU. Talk of profound division on the question of Europe does not apply in Scotland. The fact that Scotland and the UK left the EU anyway raises existential concerns over the UK’s constitutional system and indeed the future of the UK as a state.