As COP21 will take place from 30 November to 11 December 2015, I will write some posts to help you to better understand its stakes and the role of the European Union in tackling global warming. After a general introduction to COP21 and EU competences, let’s see the EU policy for environmental protection and fight against climate change.
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EU action
As explained previously, environmental protection and fight against climate change
are a shared competence between the EU and the Member States. According to the subsidiarity
principle, the EU can act when its action is considered as more efficient than
that of Member States.






