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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
1 - The Role of the Oceans in Regulating the Earth’s Climate
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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
Our oceans are already suffering under the impacts of climate change. The 2019 Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the Ocean and Cryosphere paints a troubling picture of the status and prospects of the world’s ice and oceans. The earth’s climate and the state of the oceans are interdependent. The oceans play a fundamental role in our climate system, through the uptake and redistribution of anthropogenic CO2 and heat, as well as their crucial involvement in the hydrological cycle.
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- The Law of the Sea and Climate ChangeSolutions and Constraints, pp. 1 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020