Disappearing Island States in International Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Disappearing Island States in International Law write by Jenny Grote Stoutenburg. This book was released on 2015-07-28. Disappearing Island States in International Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Several low-lying atoll island states are at risk of losing their entire territory due to climate change-induced sea level rise. In Disappearing Island States in International Law, Jenny Grote Stoutenburg examines the most relevant and pressing international legal questions facing threatened island states: at which point would a sovereign state disappear? Who could make that determination? Which legal status would its citizens have? What would happen to the state’s maritime entitlements and its international rights and obligations? Does international law protect the international legal personality of states that lose their effective statehood for reasons beyond their control? In answering these questions, the book goes to the root of a fundamental problem of international law: the nature of statehood.
Threatened Island Nations
Threatened Island Nations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Threatened Island Nations write by Michael B. Gerrard. This book was released on 2013-01-21. Threatened Island Nations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book addresses legal issues of rising seas endangering the habitability and existence of island nations in the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Atoll Island States and International Law
Atoll Island States and International Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Atoll Island States and International Law write by Lilian Yamamoto. This book was released on 2013-10-25. Atoll Island States and International Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Atoll Island States exist on top of what is perceived to be one of the planet's most vulnerable ecosystems: atolls. It has been predicted that an increase in the pace of sea level rise brought about by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will cause them to disappear, forcing their inhabitants to migrate. The present book represents a multidisciplinary legal and engineering perspective on this problem, challenging some common misconceptions regarding atolls and their vulnerability to sea-level rise. Coral islands have survived past changes in sea levels, and it is the survival of coral reefs what will be crucial for their continued existence. These islands are important for their inhabitants as they represent not only their ancestral agricultural lands and heritage, but also a source of revenue through the exploitation of the maritime areas associated with them. However, even if faced with extreme climate change, it could theoretically be possible for the richer Atoll Island States to engineer ways to prevent their main islands from disappearing, though sadly not all will have the required financial resources to do so. As islands become progressively uninhabitable their residents will be forced to settle in foreign lands, and could become stateless if the Atoll Island State ceases to be recognized as a sovereign country. However, rather than tackling this problem by entering into lengthy negotiations over new treaties, more practical solutions, encompassing bilateral negotiations or the possibility of acquiring small new territories, should be explored. This would make it possible for Atoll Island States in the future to keep some sort of international sovereign personality, which could benefit the descendents of its present day inhabitants.
International Law and Sea Level Rise
International Law and Sea Level Rise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Law and Sea Level Rise write by Davor Vidas. This book was released on 2019-03-27. International Law and Sea Level Rise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book contains the final version of the 2018 Report of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise, as well as the related ILA Resolutions 5/2018 and 6/2018, both as adopted by the ILA at its 78th Biennial Conference, held in Sydney, Australia, 19–24 August 2018. In Part I of the Report, key information about the establishment of the Committee, its mandate and its work so far is presented. Part II of the Report addresses key law of the sea issues through a study of possible impacts of sea level rise and their implications under international law regarding maritime limits lawfully determined by the coastal States, and the agreed or adjudicated maritime boundaries. Part III of the Report addresses international law provisions, principles and frameworks for the protection of persons displaced in the context of sea level rise.
Climate Change and Displacement
Climate Change and Displacement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Climate Change and Displacement write by Jane McAdam. This book was released on 2010-09-06. Climate Change and Displacement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Environmental migration is not new. Nevertheless, the events and processes accompanying global climate change threaten to increase human movement both within states and across international borders. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted an increased frequency and severity of climate events such as storms, cyclones and hurricanes, as well as longer-term sea level rise and desertification, which will impact upon people's ability to survive in certain parts of the world. This book brings together a variety of disciplinary perspectives on the phenomenon of climate-induced displacement. With chapters by leading scholars in their field, it collects in one place a rigorous, holistic analysis of the phenomenon, which can better inform academic understanding and policy development alike. Governments have not been prepared to take a leading role in developing responses to the issue, in large part due to the absence of strong theoretical frameworks from which sound policy can be constructed. The specialist expertise of the authors in this book means that each chapter identifies key issues that need to be considered in shaping domestic, regional and international responses, including the complex causes of movement, the conceptualisation of migration responses to climate change, the terminology that should be used to describe those who move, and attitudes to migration that may affect decisions to stay or leave. The book will help to facilitate the creation of principled, research-based responses, and establish climate-induced displacement as an important aspect of both the climate change and global migration debates.
