The European Union policies on climate change toward animal welfare

Abstract

This study aims to explore and investigate the European Union climate and animal welfare protection regime on how the European Union protects animals from climate change using quantitative data on climate change, cooperation of governments, and animal welfare protection. Using regime theory, I analyze the method and identify the cooperation European Union has developed in animal welfare protection from climate change. My analysis shows a weak correlation between the two areas and numerous obstacles preventing the European Union from completely cooperating and providing the full protection animals deserve. The study concluded that the climate regime of the European Union might be effective in mitigating climate change impacts but does not give any direct benefits to animal welfare, especially when there is a lack of willingness, value, resources, and finance from both national and regional levels ended up as the climate mitigation’s subfunction such as animal welfare protection and extinction prevention from climate change has been ignored and forgotten.