Europe in the World

Building international partnerships to strengthen the climate transition in Europe and worldwide

Europe plays a catalytic role in advancing the world’s climate objectives. In addition to reducing its own emissions, it also supports the global climate transition through diplomacy and cooperation with other countries and regions on issues such as finance, trade, investment, and sustainable supply chains.

Our international team works with partners in Europe and around the world to build and sustain critical political space for global progress on climate. As part of this, we work to ensure that Europe delivers on its climate promises to (re)build credibility and leadership, while strengthening multilateral alliances for action. We are also helping to develop best practise on topics such as green trade and climate governance.

Our work on ‘Europe in the world’ is deeply integrated with our other focus areas – from international climate finance and trade, to fossil-free energy to raw materials and industrial strategy. This helps ensure that our efforts are aligned from the local to national to global levels, making them greater than the sum of their parts.

Global Engagement

EU-US diplomatic dialogues

The ECF co-convenes an EU-US High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change, bringing together key decision makers and thought leaders from Europe and the United States to tackle the big issues on the path to net zero. The dialogues, which started in 2020, follow the Chatham House rule and serve as a safe space to identify opportunities for joint action and devise collaborative solutions. Discussion topics include the Green Deal, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), reforming multilateral development banks and debt architecture, transition minerals, and transatlantic industrial policy and trade implications. Going forward, we are preparing new climate dialogues between decision makers from the EU and other parts of the world, with a focus on Africa, Asia, and Latin America.