The Law of the Sea and Climate Change: Solutions and Constraints

Cambridge University Press, 12/17/2020
EAN 9781108842266, ISBN10: 1108842267

Hardcover, 400 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

Our oceans are suffering under the impacts of climate change. Despite the critical role that oceans play in climate regulation, international climate law and the law of the sea are developed as two different, largely separate, legal regimes. The main objective of this book is to assess how the law of the sea can be interpreted, developed and applied to support the objectives of the United Nations Climate Regime. By identifying the potential and constraints of the law of the sea regime in supporting and complementing the climate regime in the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, this book offers a new perspective on the law of the sea and its capacity to evolve to respond to systemic challenges, and its potential to adapt and ensure a resilient and sustainable future.

1. The Role of the Oceans in Regulating the Earth's Climate
Legal Perspectives Elise Johansen
2. Climate Change and the Anthropocene
Implications For the Development of the Law of the Sea Davor Vidas, Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Summerhayes
3. Mitigation and Adaptation Robin Kundis Craig
4. Protecting the Marine Environment from Climate Change
the LOSC Part XII Regime Alan Boyle
5. Ocean Acidification Karen N. Scott
6. Regulating Greenhouse Gases from Ships
Some Light at the End of the Funnel? Henrik Ringbom
7. Carbon Capture and Storage and the Law of the Sea Nigel Bankes
8. Ocean Fertilization Elise Johansen
9. Offshore Renewable Energy and the Law of the Sea Maria Madalena des Neves
10. Marine Protected Areas and Climate Change Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen
11. Integrating Climate Change in International Fisheries Law Erik J. Molenaar
12. Adaptation of Aquaculture to Climate Change
The Relevance of Temporal International Framework from a Norwegian Perspective Irene Dahl
13. Law of the Sea Responses to Sea-Level Rise and Threatened Maritime Entitlements
Applying an Exception Rule to Manage an Exceptional Situation Signe Veierud Busch
14. Integrating Climate Change in the Governance of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Christian Prip
15. The Law of the Sea and its Institutions
Today's Hermeneutic Approach and some Suggestions for an Ocean-centred Governance Model Margherita Paola Poto
16. The Law of the Sea as Part of the Climate Change Regime Complex Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen, Elise Johansen and Philipp. P. Nickels.