Why the EU's Climate Leadership Failed: A 20-Year Geopolitical Audit

This video unpacks Simon Schunz's comprehensive book, *European Union Foreign Policy and the Global Climate Regime*, which reveals the brutal reality behind the EU's self-proclaimed green leadership. From the 1990s to 2012, we explore why the EU's diplomatic efforts to save the planet were systematically sabotaged by geopolitical games, secret backroom deals, and the cold calculus of national interest. Discover how the EU traded binding rules for toothless treaties, how Russia's industrial collapse became a carbon market jackpot, and why the Copenhagen summit left European leaders locked out of the room. This isn't a story about saving trees—it's a high-stakes poker match where carbon emissions are chips and the atmosphere is the ultimate loser. Watch to understand why global climate negotiations have failed and what that means for our future.