ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the European Parliament’s (EP) involvement in European Union (EU) external climate governance. It argues that the Lisbon Treaty has not brought about a sea-change but none the less has strengthened the EP’s involvement by giving it the leverage of a veto player. This derives from the introduction of the consent procedure for international climate treaty ratification, which enables the EP to block ratification. The chapter identifies a number of longer term continuities in the other elements of EU external climate governance. The EP already played a role in EU external climate governance prior to the Lisbon Treaty, and continues to do so.
