Abstract:  Sustainable development is a strategic target of EU (European Union) and an important dimension of EU foreign policy. Based on an analysis of the evolution of EU foreign policy of sustainable development and the internal and external reasons for its formation and the development, the article, from the macroscopic view of EU foreign policy of sustainable development, discusses the strategies and tactics employed by EU in international cooperation in addressing global climate change, including incorporating issues of climate change into the strategic target of sustainable development, advocating multilateralism and global governance, proposing the establishment of global cooperation mechanisms under the framework of the United Nations and the regulation of international law, adopting more flexible and pragmatic stances on climate change, and taking into consideration the economic growth of the developing countries and still the differences between big developing nations and underdeveloped countries.

Key words:  European Union, climate change, sustainable development, foreign policy, strategies &, tactics