Book contents
- 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
4 - Protecting the Marine Environment from Climate Change
The LOSC Part XII Regime
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
The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) was intended to provide ‘a legal order for the seas and oceans which will facilitate international communication, and will promote the peaceful uses of the seas and oceans, the equitable and efficient utilization of their resources, the conservation of their living resources, and the study, protection and preservation of the marine environment’. It establishes a global framework for the rational exploitation and conservation of the sea’s resources and the protection of the marine environment, while also recognizing the continued importance of freedom of navigation and other traditional freedoms of the seas. The LOSC was designed to be comprehensive in scope and universal in participation; in these respects, it has been largely successful.
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- The Law of the Sea and Climate ChangeSolutions and Constraints, pp. 81 - 103Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020