This briefing “Eu Clean Transition Partnerships With Emerging Economies: An EU Foreign Policy Tool To Navigate New Climate Geopolitics” by E3G builds a case for incorporating clean transition partnerships at the core of the EU’s foreign policy. Clean transition partnerships with developing countries can help the EU navigate increasingly complex climate geopolitics. They can increase its geo-economic resilience, enhance its competitiveness in the clean economy and strengthen its relationship with key emerging economies, maintaining the EU’s influence and viability in a multipolar world.
Focused and co-developed clean transition partnerships would help the EU strengthen its geopolitical position in an increasingly multipolar world. Doing so is critical to preserve Europe’s influence as an international actor, and essential to the long-term viability, security, and prosperity of the EU project. Clean transition partnerships can contribute to rebuilding trust with the Global South by making a strong case for cooperation with the EU, while addressing EU fears of overdependence on critical imports from China and its loss of international competitiveness due to rising energy costs and competitive green subsidies.
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