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
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2021
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
Summary
All baselines are ambulatory de lege lata. So too are the outer limits measured from baselines, with the exception of permanently described continental shelf limits. Straight baselines drawn under UNCLOS article 7(2) along highly unstable coastlines enjoy a distinct level of stability, but they must also be adjusted when they depart, to an appreciable extent, from the general configuration of the coastline, or the internal waters are no longer closely linked to the land domain. Consequently, the stability provided under UNCLOS article 7(2) is conditional, which means that all baselines are ambulatory and subject to ongoing adherence to UNCLOS.
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- Climate Change and Maritime BoundariesLegal Consequences of Sea Level Rise, pp. 220 - 225Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021