European Environmental Policy - The Making of Environmental and Climate Policies in Brussels

The seminar will provide information on the current climate policy agenda after the Copenhagen conference. What are the latest developments with respect to environmental directives and regulations? Against this background, the role of procedures,institutions and working groups, and committees in the field of environmental and climate policy, will be discussed in detail. How can we understand and influence the decision-making process in the environmental field and what features are relevant for our own work? What are the particularities of DG Environment, the Council working groups and the Environment Committee of the European Parliament? And most importantly for national experts: how are directives negotiated in the working groups of the Council? How has the decision-making framework changed? How do Commissioners and officials in the Commission, Council working groups and COREPER react to the new pressing climate change agenda?