Deploying the European Green Deal: Protecting the Environment Beyond the EU Borders (Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy)

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Title Page
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
List of Acronyms
1 Introductory Remarks and Conceptual Framework
	1 Introduction
	2 Significance of the EGD
	3 EU Competences to Deploy the EGD
	4 External Dimensions of the EGD and Extraterritoriality
	5 Some Clarifications and Acknowledgements
2 Conditioning Access to the European Union Market on Carbon Footprint: The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 Measures Against Climate Change and the Risk of Carbon Leakage
	3 Key Features of the EU CBAM
	4 Compatibility of the EU CBAM with WTO Rules
		4.1 The Principles on Non-Discrimination Between Like Products
		4.2 The Exception on Measures Relating to the Conservation of Exhaustible Natural Resources
		4.3 The Chapeau of Article XX GATT 1994
	5 Compatibility of the EU CBAM with the Global Rules on Climate Change
	6 Final Remarks
3 EU Regulatory Action on Maritime Emissions: Unilaterally Protecting the Environment Beyond IMO\'s Global Strategy
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 The IMO\'s Global Regulatory Framework on the Reduction of GHG Maritime Emissions
		2.1 The IMO\'s First Initiatives on the Reduction of GHG Emissions From Ships
		2.2 The Initial IMO Strategy on the Reduction of GHG Emissions From Ships (2018) and its Revision (2023)
	3 EU Regulatory Action to Reduce GHG Maritime Emissions
		3.1 The EU Strategy to Reduce CO2 Emissions From Maritime Transport (2013) and the MRV Regulation (2015)
		3.2 EU Initiatives Included in the \"Fit for 55\" Package to Deliver the EGD (2021): The FuelEU Maritime Initiative and the Extension of the EU ETS to Maritime Transport
	4 The EU Unilateral Regulatory Action and their Controversial Extraterritorial Effects
	5 The Fit of EU Regulatory Action with Respect to the IMO\'s Global Regulatory Framework: Between Unilateralism and Cooperation
	6 Final Remarks
4 The 2030 Biodiversity Strategy: The EU\'s International Commitment and Responsibility to Reverse the Biodiversity Loss
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 The EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy in the Era of the \"Sixth Extinction\"
	3 The External Dimension of the EU Biodiversity Strategy: A Global Biodiversity Agenda
		3.1 The EU\'s International Commitments to Protect Biodiversity Worldwide
		3.2 Facing the Responsibilities of the EU\'s External Biodiversity Footprint: The Structural and Systemic Causes of Biodiversity Loss
	4 The \"Nature-Positive\" Economy Leads the Way; Ecological Integrity Lags Behind
	5 Final Remarks
5 Understanding the Deforestation Initiative for European Trade in Products From the Brazilian Amazon
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 The Current State of Deforestation in the Amazon: We are Eating the Forest
	3 The EGD and the Deforestation Initiative
	4 A New Regulation for a \"Standing Forest\"
	5 Considerations About Possible Impacts of the Deforestation Initiative in Brazil
	6 Special Reference to the Absence of Principles of Environmental Law
	7 Final Remarks
6 Zero Chemical Pollution: A Real New Impetus for Change?
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 Specific Objectives of the Zero Pollution Initiative
	3 Strategies to Achieve the Objectives of the Zero Pollution Initiative in Chemicals and Chemical Wastes
	4 Legal Challenges Posed by the Zero Pollution Initiative
		4.1 Combining the Definition of \"Zero Pollution\" with the High Level of Environmental Protection
		4.2 The Legal Basis for EU Measures Related to Zero Pollution
		4.3 The External Dimension of EU Measures Related to Production, Marketing and Use of Chemicals
	5 Final Remarks
7 Farm to Fork: Strengths and Weaknesses of a European Strategy for a Global Transition Towards Fair, Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 The International Approach to Food Systems and Food Security
	3 General Overview of the F2F Strategy of the EU
	4 The Role of the EU\'s F2F Strategy in Enabling Global Transition of Food Systems
	5 Final Remarks
8 The European Green Deal and the Energy Charter Treaty: Chronicle of a Breakup Foretold?
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 The ECT Investment Protection Regime
	3 The EGD and the Need for Bold Regulatory Action (in the Fossil Fuel Sector)
	4 The Climate \"Regulatory Chill\" of Investment Protection
	5 The ECT \"Fossil Fuel Litigation Affair\"
	6 The \"Modest\" ECT Modernization
	7 The European Exodus
	8 Final Remarks
9 From Climate Diplomacy to Green Deal Diplomacy
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 From Climate Diplomacy to Green Deal Diplomacy
	3 The EGD Diplomacy at the Climate Change COPs
	4 The New Generation of Free Trade and Association Agreements and the Global Green Deal
	5 The Global Climate Change Alliance
	6 The EGD Diplomacy and the Global Gateway
	7 Final Remarks
10 The European Green Deal and Public Procurement Law: Its extraterritorial Reach Beyond the EU\'s Borders
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 EU Public Procurement Law and Green Procurement
	3 Public Procurement in the EU Green Deal
		3.1 Nudging the Member States Towards GPP
		3.2 Mandating GPP Through Sectoral Legislation
	4 The Extraterritorial Effects of Public Procurement Under the Green Deal
		4.1 Extraterritorial Effects of PPMs of an Economic Operator\'s Supply Chain: Relevance of the Link to the Subject Matter of the Contract and Life-Cycle Thinking
		4.2 Extraterritorial Effects of an Economic Operator\'s Violation of Environmental Law: The Relevance of CSDD and the Public Sector Directive
		4.3 Ensuring that Extraterritorial Effects Materialize: Contract Compliance
	5 Final Remarks
11 The European Green Deal Investment Plan. The External Impact of Mobilizing Climate Finance with an Experimentalist Design
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 The Experimentalist Design of the EGDIP
	3 The EGDIP\'s External Potential
		3.1 The UNFCCC Financial Mechanism
		3.2 Replicating the EGDIP\'s Experimentalist Design
	4 Final Remarks
12 Business, Human Rights and the Environment: From Corporate Social Responsibility to Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 Adoption of a Voluntary Approach to CSR
	3 First Steps Towards Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental DD
		3.1 Timber and Other Products Associated with Deforestation or Forest Degradation
		3.2 Minerals From Conflict Zones
	4 The Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability DD
	5 Final Remarks
13 Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Legislation as a Cornerstone of the European Green Deal
	1 Introductory Remarks
	2 The Role of the EU in Implementing and Enforcing Environmental Legislation
	3 The Most Important Causes of the Lack of Environmental Implementation and their Main Negative Effects
	4 Mechanisms for Strengthening the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law
	5 Information on Environmental Enforcement
		5.1 The Importance of Information for the Enforcement of Environmental Legislation
		5.2 Annual Reports of the EU Commission Monitoring the Application of EU Law
		5.3 Environmental Implementation Review
		5.4 The EU Network for the IMPEL
		5.5 Reports From International Organizations
	6 Final Remarks
14 Joint Analysis of Cross-Cutting Issues and Final Considerations
	1 Introduction: The Weaknesses of Current Global Environmental Protection Systems
	2 The Ambition of the EGD\'s External Dimensions
	3 Limitations of the EGD\'s External Dimensions
	4 Towards a Global Green Deal?
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