Threatened Island Nations (eBook, ePUB)

Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate
Redaktion: Gerrard, Michael B.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rising seas are endangering the habitability and very existence of several small island nations, mostly in the Pacific and Indian oceans. This is the first book to focus on the myriad legal issues posed by this tragic situation: if a nation is under water, is it still a state? Does it still have a seat at the United Nations? What becomes of its exclusive economic zone, the basis for its fishing rights? What obligations do other nations have to take in the displaced populations, and what are these peoples' rights and legal status once they arrive? Should there be a new international agreement on climate-displaced populations? Do these nations and their citizens have any legal recourse for compensation? Are there any courts that will hear their claims, and based on what theories? Leading legal scholars from around the world address these novel questions and propose answers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139610735
• Artikelnr.: 53063135

Inhaltsangabe

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 rytr and Kristina abová.