Climate change
In December 2009 climate change is discussed in a big UN summit in Copenhagen. The aim is to nenew the so-called Kyoto Protocol.
The European Union negotiated a mandate for its negotiators in a summit in Brussels 29-30 November 2009.
In December 2007 15,000 representatives from around the world met in Bali to combat climate change.
The Lisbon Treaty has included the fight against climate change as an objective of its international negotiations on environmental policy, see Art. 191.1 TFEU.
This can be seen as one of 68 new areas covered by qualified majority voting for measures at an international level.
Climate change is not inserted as a horizontal principle governing all other policies as regards their effects on climate change.
