In the context of its 7th Thematic Session on "Trade, Competitiveness, Financing and Employment" organized on 29th May 2008, the Temporary Committee on Climate Change (CLIM) requested a study on the financing of climate change policies in a global context.

Climate change will have an effect on the European Union. The repercussions will be regionally varied, with impacts on several sectors in the economy. Climate change has the particularity of being global with respect to the sources of emissions and local in the consequences (whether positive or...

The mandate for this study was to undertake an evaluation of EU external action as managed by three DGs: DG RELEX, DG DEV and DG AIDCO. The Terms of Reference identified two main objectives (ToR, Feb 2010, Section 1 – reproduced in Annex 1): · To provide an overall independent assessment of...