The article addresses EU climate policy as regionally relevant, with the aim of showing that climate change should also be seen as a regional issue. The efforts made by regional authorities in the field of climate change mitigation are described with examples of concrete actions. The author highlights the importance of the dual role of regions as implementers and creators of climate policies,
pointing out the legal basis for such actions under national and EU law. Finally, the inter-linkages between EU climate policy and other EU policies, including cohesion policy, are examined in detail.