Threatened island nations : legal implications of rising seas and a changing climate

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.Description: xix, 639 pISBN:

9781107438606

DDC classification:

344.142046 GER.T

Contents:

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction Michael B. Gerrard and Gregory E. Wannier 2. Sea level rise in a changing climate Mary-Elena Carr, Madeleine Rubenstein, Alice Graff and Diego Villareal Part II. Sovereignty and Territorial Concerns: 3. When do states disappear? Thresholds of effective statehood and the continued recognition of 'deterritorialized' island states Jenny Grote Stoutenburg 4. The nation ex-situ Maxine Burkett 5. Introducing the law of the sea and the legal implications of rising sea levels Ann Powers 6. Options to secure maritime jurisdictional claims in the face of global sea level rise Clive Schofield and David Freestone 7. Sea level rise and maritime zones: preserving the maritime entitlements of 'disappearing' states Rosemary Rayfuse Part III. Resettlement Protections and Proposed Solutions: 8. Human rights and climate change: reflections on international legal issues and potential policy relevance Siobhan McInerney-Lankford 9. Refugee and human rights protections for climate migrants in the international system Michele Klein Solomon and Koko Warner 10. 'In the face of looming catastrophe': a treaty for climate change displaced persons and its discontents David Hodgkinson and Lucy Young 11. The national immigration policy options: limits and potential Katrina Wyman 12. Domestic law for resettlement of persons displaced by climate change Leslie Stein Part IV. Establishing Accountability: 13. Could a small island successfully sue a big emitter? Pursuing a legal theory and a venue for climate justice Jacob Werksman 14. Making good the loss: an assessment of the loss and damage mechanism under the UNFCCC process Ilona Millar, Catherine Gascoigne and Elizabeth Caldwell 15. Ocean acidification: international legal avenues under the UN convention on the law of the sea Dean Bialek 16. Securing planetary life sources for future generations: legal actions deriving from the ancient sovereign trust obligation Mary Christina Wood, Stephen Leonard, Nicola Peart and Daniel Bart 17. Transboundary climate challenge to coal: one small step against dirty energy, one giant leap for climate justice Maketo Robert, Leonito Bacalando, Jasper Teulings, Kristin Casper, Jan Šrytr and Kristina Šabová.

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Part I. Introduction:
1. Introduction Michael B. Gerrard and Gregory E. Wannier
2. Sea level rise in a changing climate Mary-Elena Carr, Madeleine Rubenstein, Alice Graff and Diego Villareal
Part II. Sovereignty and Territorial Concerns:
3. When do states disappear? Thresholds of effective statehood and the continued recognition of 'deterritorialized' island states Jenny Grote Stoutenburg
4. The nation ex-situ Maxine Burkett
5. Introducing the law of the sea and the legal implications of rising sea levels Ann Powers
6. Options to secure maritime jurisdictional claims in the face of global sea level rise Clive Schofield and David Freestone
7. Sea level rise and maritime zones: preserving the maritime entitlements of 'disappearing' states Rosemary Rayfuse
Part III. Resettlement Protections and Proposed Solutions:
8. Human rights and climate change: reflections on international legal issues and potential policy relevance Siobhan McInerney-Lankford
9. Refugee and human rights protections for climate migrants in the international system Michele Klein Solomon and Koko Warner
10. 'In the face of looming catastrophe': a treaty for climate change displaced persons and its discontents David Hodgkinson and Lucy Young
11. The national immigration policy options: limits and potential Katrina Wyman
12. Domestic law for resettlement of persons displaced by climate change Leslie Stein
Part IV. Establishing Accountability:
13. Could a small island successfully sue a big emitter? Pursuing a legal theory and a venue for climate justice Jacob Werksman
14. Making good the loss: an assessment of the loss and damage mechanism under the UNFCCC process Ilona Millar, Catherine Gascoigne and Elizabeth Caldwell
15. Ocean acidification: international legal avenues under the UN convention on the law of the sea Dean Bialek
16. Securing planetary life sources for future generations: legal actions deriving from the ancient sovereign trust obligation Mary Christina Wood, Stephen Leonard, Nicola Peart and Daniel Bart
17. Transboundary climate challenge to coal: one small step against dirty energy, one giant leap for climate justice Maketo Robert, Leonito Bacalando, Jasper Teulings, Kristin Casper, Jan Šrytr and Kristina Šabová.

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