Cover -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Foreword and Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Rationale of the Study -- The EU, Climate Change and Global Climate Politics -- The Structure of the Study -- Chapter 1. Analytical Framework: Studying the European Union's Inf luence on the Global Climate Regime -- Building the Key Concepts: Influence Attempts and Influence -- Setting the Theoretical Scene: Insights from EU Foreign Policy Analysis and Regime Theory -- Methodological Bases: Analysing and Determining Influence -- Chapter 2. Historical Foundations (1980s-1995): EU Inf luence on the Set-up of the Global Climate Regime -- The Pre-negotiation Phase: From Scientific Circles to First Political Negotiations -- The EU's Influence on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1991-1992) -- The Road to COP 1 (1992-1995) -- Chapter 3. From the Berlin Mandate to the Kyoto Protocol (1995-1997): EU Inf luence on the F irst Development of the Global Climate Regime -- The Context: Major Developments in Global Politics and Climate Science -- Key Actors in the Global Climate Regime and their Positions -- The Negotiation Process and the EU's Influence Attempts -- The Outcome: the Kyoto Protocol -- The EU's Influence Attempts: Extracting Patterns -- The EU's Influence in the Kyoto Protocol Negotiations -- Explaining the EU's Influence during the Period 1995 to 1997 -- Chapter 4. From the Buenos Aires Action Plan to the Year 2007 (1998-2007): EU Inf luence on the Consolidation of the Global Climate Regime -- COP 4 to COP 7: From the Buenos Aires Action Plan to the Marrakech Accords (1998-2001) -- After the Marrakech Accords: Ensuring Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol (2002-2004) -- Towards a Post-2012 Regime: Loose Talks on the Way to Bali (2005-2007) -- Determining and Explaining the EU's Influence during the Period 1998 to 2007.

Chapter 5. From the Bali Roadmap to the Copenhagen Accord (2007-2009): EU Inf luence on the Post-2012 Global Climate Negotiations -- The Context: Major Developments in Global Politics and Climate Science -- Key Actors in the Global Climate Regime and their Positions -- The Negotiation Process and the EU's Influence Attempts -- The Outcome: the Copenhagen Accord -- The EU's Influence Attempts: Extracting Patterns -- The EU's Influence in the Post-2012 Climate Negotiations until 2009 -- Explaining the EU's Influence during the Period 2007 to 2009 -- Chapter 6. Gradually "Back on Track" (2010-2012): EU Inf luence on the Resumed Post-2012 Global Climate Negotiations -- The Context: Major Developments in Global Politics and Climate Science -- Key Actors in the Global Climate Regime and their Positions -- The Negotiation Process and the EU's Influence Attempts -- The Outcomes: the Cancun Agreements, the Durban Package and the Doha Gateway -- Determining and Explaining the EU's Influence during the Period 2010 to 2012 -- Chapter 7. Explaining EU Inf luence on the Global Climate Regime -- Patterns of EU Influence across Time -- Comparing EU Influence Attempts to its Actual Inf luence: the "Goodness of Fit" Puzzle -- Determinants of EU Influence over Time: Propositions on Causal Mechanisms and their Scope Conditions -- Conclusion -- Major Findings of the Study and their Significance -- Research and Normative Implications of the Study -- References -- Annexes -- Index -- Tables -- Table 1: Toward a Typology of Influence -- Table 2: How the EU Can Exert Influence - EU Foreign Policy Acts -- Table 3: Establishing EU Influence - Constitutive Dimensions -- Table 4: The Negotiations of the Copenhagen Accord -- Table 5: EU Influence on the Global Climate Regime over Time.

Table 6: EU Influence Attempts and their Success in the Global Climate Regime (1991-2012) - a Compilation of Instruments.