The Law of the Sea and Climate Change
Solutions and Constraints

Explores how the law of the sea can develop in support of the objectives of the United Nations climate regime.

Elise Johansen (Edited by), Signe Veierud Busch (Edited by), Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen (Edited by)

9781108842266, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 December 2020

400 pages
15 x 23 x 3 cm, 0.81 kg

'… an excellent collection of essays on the challenges of climate change for the development of the law of the sea.' James Harrison, The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

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.

Subject Areas: Social impact of environmental issues [RNT], Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations [RNB], Environmentalist thought & ideology [RNA], International environmental law [LBBP], Public international law [LBB], Environmental economics [KCN]