Partners for the climate? How and why EU Delegations engage with civil society organisations in climate diplomacy
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| Titel: | Partners for the climate? How and why EU Delegations engage with civil society organisations in climate diplomacy |
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| Autoren: | Franziska Petri, Francesca Colli |
| Quelle: | Journal of European Integration. :1-22 |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Informa UK Limited, 2025. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2025 |
| Schlagwörter: | REPRESENTATION, CHALLENGES, International Relations, Political Science, Social Sciences, DEMOCRACY, STATE, 1606 Political Science, EUROPEAN-UNION, 4407 Policy and administration, COMMON SECURITY, 4408 Political science, Government & Law, LEGITIMACY, civil society organisations, 3502 Banking, finance and investment, European Union, climate diplomacy, 1402 Applied Economics, EU Delegations |
| Beschreibung: | European Union (EU) Delegations play an important role in implementing the EU’s climate diplomacy ambitions, representing the EU’s values and interests around the globe, and promoting ambitious climate action in bilateral relations. EU external action documents emphasise civil society organisations (CSOs) as key partners in climate diplomacy. Yet, little is known about how this plays out in practice, with no systematic investigations to date into EU Delegations’ (EUDs) interactions with CSOs in partner countries. This paper studies how and why EUDs interact with CSOs in climate diplomacy. We use a resource exchange framework to classify EUD-CSO interactions, drawing on data from semi-structured interviews with 66 EUDs. We find that EUDs interact with CSOs frequently through meetings, joint outreach activities, and material and non-material support. While EUDs’ motivations to work with CSOs vary, overall legitimacy reasons predominate over information needs. |
| Publikationsart: | Article |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 1477-2280 0703-6337 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07036337.2025.2532423 |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/83c3817a-31e3-43dc-8ad6-8c025d2109f2 https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2025.2532423 https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/20.500.12942/770694 https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2025.2532423 |
| Rights: | CC BY |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b8de99bafcc4b39f5dc071eb34e7481b |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | European Union (EU) Delegations play an important role in implementing the EU’s climate diplomacy ambitions, representing the EU’s values and interests around the globe, and promoting ambitious climate action in bilateral relations. EU external action documents emphasise civil society organisations (CSOs) as key partners in climate diplomacy. Yet, little is known about how this plays out in practice, with no systematic investigations to date into EU Delegations’ (EUDs) interactions with CSOs in partner countries. This paper studies how and why EUDs interact with CSOs in climate diplomacy. We use a resource exchange framework to classify EUD-CSO interactions, drawing on data from semi-structured interviews with 66 EUDs. We find that EUDs interact with CSOs frequently through meetings, joint outreach activities, and material and non-material support. While EUDs’ motivations to work with CSOs vary, overall legitimacy reasons predominate over information needs. |
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| ISSN: | 14772280 07036337 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07036337.2025.2532423 |