| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 639 pages) |
| Contents |
Sea level rise in a changing climate: what do we know? / Mary-Elena Carr [and others] -- When do states disappear? : Thresholds of effective statehood and the continued recognition of "deterritorialized" island states / Jenny Grote Stoutenburg -- The nation ex-situ / Maxine A. Burkett -- Introducing the law of the sea and the legal implications of rising sea levels / Ann Powers and Christopher Stucko-- Options to protect coastlines and secure maritime jurisdictional claims in the face of global sea level rise / Clive Schofield and David Freestone -- Sea level rise and maritime zones : preserving the maritime entitlements of 'disappearing' states / Rosemary Rayfuse -- Human rights and climate change : reflections on international legal issues and potential policy relevance / Siobhán McInerney-Lankford -- Protection of persons displaced as a result of climate change: existing tools and emerging frameworks / Michele Klein Solomon and Koko Warner -- "In the face of looming catastrophe" : a convention for climate-change-displaced persons / David Hodgkinson and Lucy Young -- The national immigration policy options : limits and potential / Katrina M. Wyman -- Domestic law for resettlement of persons displaced by climate change / Leslie A. Stein -- Could a small island successfully sue a big emitter? : Pursuing a legal theory and a venue for climate justice / Jacob David Werksman -- Making good the loss : an assessment of the loss and damage mechanism under the UNFCCC process / Ilona Millar, Catherine Gascoigne, and Elizabeth Caldwell -- Ocean acidification : international legal avenues under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea / Dean Bialek and Judah Ariel -- Securing planetary life sources for future generations : legal actions deriving from the ancient sovereign trust obligation / Mary Christina Wood [and others] -- Transboundary climate challenge to coal : one small step against dirty energy, one giant leap for climate justice / Maketo Robert [and others] |
| Summary |
Addresses legal issues of rising seas endangering the habitability and existence of island nations in the Pacific and Indian oceans |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2021) |
| Subject |
Sea level -- Environmental aspects -- Islands of the Pacific
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Climatic changes -- Islands of the Pacific
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Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Islands of the Pacific
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Environmental refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islands of the Pacific
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Sea level -- Environmental aspects -- Islands of the Indian Ocean
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Climatic changes -- Islands of the Indian Ocean
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Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Islands of the Indian Ocean
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Environmental refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islands of the Indian Ocean
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Liability for climatic change damages.
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Islands -- Law and legislation.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Climatic changes
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Climatic changes -- Political aspects
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Islands -- Law and legislation
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Liability for climatic change damages
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Sea level -- Environmental aspects
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Inselstaat
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Klimaänderung
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Meeresspiegel
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Recht
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Oceania.
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Islands.
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Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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Climate change.
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Water management.
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Environmental refugees.
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Legal status.
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Disappearing States.
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Indian Ocean -- Islands of the Indian Ocean
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Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gerrard, Michael, 1951- editor
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Wannier, Gregory E., editor.
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| LC no. |
2012029782 |
| ISBN |
9781139625616 |
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1139625616 |
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9781139198776 |
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1139198777 |
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9781139612593 |
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113961259X |
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9781139616317 |
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1139616315 |
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1107438608 |
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9781107438606 |
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1107236401 |
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9781107236400 |
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1139610732 |
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9781139610735 |
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1139621890 |
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9781139621892 |
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1139609017 |
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9781139609012 |
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