Rasionalisasi Ekonomi Politik Lingkungan dalam EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EU-JEPA)

This paper explained the rationale behind the inclusion of the “Paris Agreement clause” by EU in the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EU-JEPA) which has been in force since 2019. Furthermore, this paper would analyze environmental political economy and diplomacy factors that became determinants of the inclusion. To study this circumstance, the author used environmental political economy institutionalist perspective and environmental diplomacy concept especially regarding compliance issue within it. The adopted method is qualitative through a literature study from both primary and secondary sources. Based on these theoretical backgrounds, the author argued that the inclusion is motivated by EU’s economic and environmental regional politics interests. Moreover, when viewed from environmental diplomacy aspects, the inclusion is also caused by EU’s interest to strengthen compliance within Paris Agreement regime and at the same time protect it from existential threats provoked by US’s departure.