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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2013

1 online resource (xix, 639 p., [12] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)

ISBN 9781139612593 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781107025769 (hardback)

Includes bibliographical references and index

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 Abova.

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 ---

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 ---

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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