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

"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." --Back cover The role of the oceans in regulating the earth's climate : legal perspectives / Elise EJohansen -- Climate change and the anthropocene : implications for the development of the law of the sea / Davor Vidas, Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams & Colin Summerhayes -- Mitigation and adaptation / Robin Kundis Craig -- Protecting the marine environment from climate change : the LOSC part XII regime / Alan Boyle -- Ocean acidification / Karen N. Scott -- Regulating greenhouse gases from ships : some light at the end of the funnel? / Henrik Ringbom -- Carbon capture and storage and the law of the sea / Nigel Bankes -- Ocean fertilization / Elise Johansen -- Offshore renewable energy and the law of the sea / Maria Madalena des Neves -- Marine protected areas and climate change / Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen -- Integrating climate change in international fisheries law / Erik J. Molenaar -- Adaptation of aquaculture to climate change : the relevance of temporal international framework from a Norwegian perspective / Irene Dahl -- 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 -- Integrating climate change in the governance of areas beyond national jurisdiction / Christian Prip -- The law of the sea and its institutions : today's hermeneutic approach and some suggestions for an ocean-centred governance model / Margherita Paola Poto -- The law of the sea as part of the climate change regime complex / Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen, Elise Johansen, Philipp. P. Nickels "The editors would like to thank the exceptional group of scholars who agreed to contribute their expertise to this volume. We could not have asked for a more talented, knowledgeable and reliable group of colleagues. It has indeed been a privilege to work with them. Further, we wish to thank Ellen Hey, Jason Czarnezki and Dominique Grace, for valuable inputs at the author workshop held in January 2019. Thanks are also extended to Susan Høivik (text editor) and Marion Ravna (research assistance) for their invaluable contributions. We are deeply grateful for their all-important work on the manuscript texts and, not least, for not giving up when faced with varying forms of English and reference styles. Our appreciation also to Philipp P Nickels, research fellow at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS), for comments during the final stages of the project, and assistance in synthesizing the findings in Chapter 16"-- Provided by publisher An exploration of the interrelationship between climate change and the sea, offering new perspectives on the law of the sea's potential to adapt and contribute to ensure a resilient and sustainable future. It identifies how the law of the sea can be interpreted and applied to support climate change action. Explores How The Law Of The Sea Can Develop In Support Of The Objectives Of The United Nations Climate Regime.