The EU’s different faces in climate diplomacy: leadership, interests, and responsibilities

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Table 1. Operationalising the three organisational façades.

Façade	Operationalisation
Rational	Tackling climate change as an opportunity for market mechanisms and cost-efficiency, recognition of member states’ and external actors’ voluntariness, non-binding and ad-hoc measures
Progressive	New solutions to promote future-oriented adaptation and mitigation targets, importance of civil society
Reputational	Broad environmental norms and principles, ambitious and concrete targets, recognition of local level and differences with the EU

Figure 1. Façades in the EU’s talk in climate diplomacy.

Figure 2. Façades in the EU’s decisions in climate diplomacy.

Table A1. Words per façade.

Rational	Progressive	Reputational
climate finance	techno*	children
voluntary*	invest*	gender
cost-effic*	innovation	biodiversity
strategic	collaborat*	indigenous
market	research	civil society
realistic	progress	human rights
feasible		women
growth		equal opport*
risk		biodiversity
efficiency
profit
revenue
economy
economic