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Subjects

Climatic changes, Sea level, Islands, Law and legislation, Legal status, laws, Environmental refugees, Liability for climatic change damages, Refugees, Islands of the indian ocean, Islands of the pacific, Islands of the pacific, history, Environmental aspects, Political aspects

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Islands of the Pacific, Islands of the Indian Ocean

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Threatened Island Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate
2015, Cambridge University Press
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Threatened Island Nations
2013, Cambridge University Press
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Threatened Island Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate
2013, Cambridge University Press
in English
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Threatened Island Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate
2013, Cambridge University Press
in English
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Cover of: Threatened island nations
Threatened island nations: legal implications of rising seas and a changing climate
2013, Cambridge University Press
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Threatened Island Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate
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Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction.
Sea level rise in a changing climate / Mary-Elena Carr, Madeleine Rubenstein, Alice Graff, Diego Villareal
Part II: Sovereignty and territorial concerns.
When do states disappear?
thresholds of effective statehood and the continued recognition of "Deterritorialized" island states / Jenny Grote Stoutenburg
The nation ex-situ / Maxine Burkett
Introducing the Law of the Sea and the legal implications of rising sea levels / Ann Powers
Options to secure maritime jurisdictional claims in the face of global sea level rise / Clive Schofield & David Freestone
Sea level rise and maritime zones: preserving the maritime entitlements of 'disappearing' states / Rosemary Rayfuse
Part III: Resettlement protections and proposed solutions.
Human rights and climate change: reflections on international legal issues and potential policy relevance / Siobhan McInerney-Lankford
Refugee and human rights protections for climate migrants in the international system / Michele Klein Solomon & Koko Warner
'In the face of looming catastrophe:' a treaty for climate change displaced persons and its discontents / David Hodgkinson & Lucy Young
The national immigration policy options: limits and potential / Katrina Wyman
Domestic law for resettlement of persons displaced by climate change / Leslie Stein
Part IV: Establishing accountability.
Could a small island successfully sue a big emitter? pursuing a legal theory and a venue for climate justice / Jacob Werksman
Making good the loss: an assessment of the loss and damage mechanism under the UNFCCC process / Ilona Millar, Catherine Gascoigne & Elizabeth Caldwell
Ocean acidification: international legal avenues under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea / Dean Bialek
Securing planetary life sources for future generations: legal actions deriving from the ancient sovereign trust obligation / Mary Christina Wood, Stephen Leonard, Nicola Peart & Daniel Bart
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 Jan Rytr & Kristina Abová

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge, New York

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Library of Congress
K3585.5 .T48 2013

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Pagination
xix, 639 pages, [12] pages of plates
Number of pages
639

ID Numbers

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OL27911048M
ISBN 10
1107025761
ISBN 13
9781107025769
LCCN
2012029782
OCLC/WorldCat
810772729

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