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- The Law of the Sea and Climate Change
- The Law of the Sea and Climate Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- International Instruments
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Role of the Oceans in Regulating the Earth’s Climate
- 2 Climate Change and the Anthropocene
- 3 Mitigation and Adaptation
- 4 Protecting the Marine Environment from Climate Change
- 5 Ocean Acidification
- 6 Regulating Greenhouse Gases from Ships
- 7 Carbon Capture and Storage and the Law of the Sea
- 8 Ocean Fertilization
- 9 Offshore Renewable Energy and the Law of the Sea
- 10 Marine Protected Areas and Climate Change
- 11 Integrating Climate Change in International Fisheries Law
- 12 Adaptation of Aquaculture to Climate Change
- 13 Law of the Sea Responses to Sea-Level Rise and Threatened Maritime Entitlements
- 14 Integrating Climate Change in the Governance of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
- 15 The Law of the Sea and Its Institutions
- 16 The Law of the Sea as Part of the Climate-Change Regime Complex
- Bibliography
- Index
16 - The Law of the Sea as Part of the Climate-Change Regime Complex
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 January 2021
- The Law of the Sea and Climate Change
- The Law of the Sea and Climate Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- International Instruments
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Role of the Oceans in Regulating the Earth’s Climate
- 2 Climate Change and the Anthropocene
- 3 Mitigation and Adaptation
- 4 Protecting the Marine Environment from Climate Change
- 5 Ocean Acidification
- 6 Regulating Greenhouse Gases from Ships
- 7 Carbon Capture and Storage and the Law of the Sea
- 8 Ocean Fertilization
- 9 Offshore Renewable Energy and the Law of the Sea
- 10 Marine Protected Areas and Climate Change
- 11 Integrating Climate Change in International Fisheries Law
- 12 Adaptation of Aquaculture to Climate Change
- 13 Law of the Sea Responses to Sea-Level Rise and Threatened Maritime Entitlements
- 14 Integrating Climate Change in the Governance of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
- 15 The Law of the Sea and Its Institutions
- 16 The Law of the Sea as Part of the Climate-Change Regime Complex
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Climate change has already had severe impacts on the world’s oceans; moreover, threats such as rising water temperatures and ocean acidification seem set to increase. Effective regulatory responses are urgently needed to mitigate these adverse effects – or at least to adapt. And yet, ‘ntil recently, climate change was seen as an “over the horizon” challenge for the law of the sea’, as Tim Stephens has pointed out, criticizing responses thus far as a ‘wait and see approach’. Against this background, the contributions to this volume have assessed how the Law of the Sea Regime can be interpreted, applied and where necessary developed to support the objectives of the UN Climate Regime.
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- The Law of the Sea and Climate ChangeSolutions and Constraints, pp. 374 - 385Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020