For many years the European Union has aspired to be the leader of global climate protection policy. By setting increasingly ambitious challenges in its efforts against global warming, the EU has tried to encourage other countries to compete in this field at international level. In this article, the authors present the roles of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission in the process of concluding international agreements on climate protection. The division of competences between the two institutions is important in the situation when the agreements are concluded within Union’s non-exclusive competence such as the one in the field of environmental protection. In case of such agreements both the Union and its Member States are contracting parties. However, not only the division of competences is at the centre of the EU external action, but also the development of appropriate solutions that will ensure the effective achievement of climate policy objectives.

多年来，欧盟一直渴望成为全球气候保护政策的领导者。通过在应对全球变暖的努力中设定越来越雄心勃勃的挑战，欧盟试图鼓励其他国家在国际层面参与这一领域的竞争。在本文中，作者介绍了欧盟理事会和欧盟委员会在缔结气候保护国际协议过程中的作用。在联盟的非专属权限范围内（例如环境保护领域的权限范围内）签订协议时，两个机构之间的权限划分很重要。在此类协议的情况下，联盟及其成员国都是缔约方。然而，