Book contents
- Climate Change and Maritime Boundaries
- Climate Change and Maritime Boundaries
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties and Legislation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Law of the Sea and the Changing Marine Environment
- 2 Unilaterally Declared Maritime Limits
- 3 Maritime Delimitation and Coastal Instability
- 4 Maritime Delimitation and the Marine Environment
- 5 Fundamental Change of Circumstances
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2021
- Climate Change and Maritime Boundaries
- Climate Change and Maritime Boundaries
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties and Legislation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Law of the Sea and the Changing Marine Environment
- 2 Unilaterally Declared Maritime Limits
- 3 Maritime Delimitation and Coastal Instability
- 4 Maritime Delimitation and the Marine Environment
- 5 Fundamental Change of Circumstances
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The international law of the sea is premised on the fact that maritime entitlements are generated by the coast. This is rooted in the assumption that territory is permanent and, consequently, a relatively stable basis for the division of jurisdictional zones at sea. However, sea level rise and coastal erosion are currently tearing at the foundation of all maritime entitlements, in ways that were not anticipated by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (hereinafter UNCLOS or the Convention).1 This unprecedented situation has prompted the International Law Association (hereinafter ILA) to convene two Committees, one on the subject of baselines and another one addressing the effects of sea level rise on international law. Furthermore, the International Law Commission (hereinafter ILC or the Commission) recently added the topic ‘sea level rise in relation to international law’ to its long-term programme of work.
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- Climate Change and Maritime BoundariesLegal Consequences of Sea Level Rise, pp. 1 - 2Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021