Nový mezinárodní klimatický režim a závazky členských států EU
The New International Climate regime and EU Member State's Commitments

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the strength and ambition of twenty-one EU member states’national emissions commitments in the context of the Paris Agreement adopted in December 2015.The outcomes show that mainly countries situated in Scandinavia, the British Isles and WesternEurope already included post-2020 emissions targets in their national law or strategies. Externalfactors derived from constructivism or the theory of structural embeddedness indicate a significantcorrelation with the strength and ambition of the commitments, while domestic factors give mixedresults. A number of EU members, including those belonging to the G-7 group, demonstrate, incomparison with the most developed non-EU countries, greater efforts to satisfy the importantprinciple of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. This is essentialfor maintaining the EU leadership in the international climate regime.

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