Dear Colleagues,

Stacy VanDeveer and I are happy to announce that our article “Broader, Deeper 
and Greener: European Union Environmental Politics, Policies, and Outcomes” has 
just been published in the latest volume of Annual Review of Environment and 
Resources 40: 309-335. 

The abstract is below. We hope that the article will serve as a useful review 
of 40-years of EU environmental policy-making for those who are looking for 
such an overview. It can also be assigned in courses on environment and/or 
European Union.

http://www.annualreviews.org/toc/energy/40/1

If you are interested in a copy of the article and cannot find it, please let 
me know.

Henrik

Henrik Selin
Associate Professor
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Boston University

Abstract

The European Union (EU) is influential in environmental politics and 
policy-making across its 28 member states, around its periphery, and globally. 
Building on a diverse analytical and empirical literature, this article’s seven 
sections each highlights important research findings and outcomes from more 
than four decades of EU environmental governance. These include (a) a 
substantial transfer of legal authority from member states to the supranational 
level; (b) a growing involvement of EU bodies, advocacy groups, and civil 
society in regional goal-setting and decision-making; (c) the development of 
elaborate governance systems and mechanisms for making, implementing, and 
enforcing policy; (d) EU exercise of considerable influence over countries 
seeking membership before and after joining the Union; (e) increased EU 
participation and influence in international fora; (f) a mixed record of uneven 
implementation and varied environmental outcomes in Europe and across the 
world; and (g) continuing challenges in nascent attempts to engender greater 
resource efficiency and sustainability in Europe and beyond. All of these 
findings and outcomes suggest numerous areas and directions for additional 
research. 

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