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Climate Change And The Oceans: Legal And Policy Portents For The Asia Pacific Region And Beyond, Robin Warner, Clive Schofield
Climate Change And The Oceans: Legal And Policy Portents For The Asia Pacific Region And Beyond, Robin Warner, Clive Schofield
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
The oceans dominate the globe spatially, covering approximately 72 per cent of its surface area. These extensive marine spaces are critical to the global environment and human survival in numerous ways - they are vital to the global nutrient cycling, represent a key repository and supporter of biological diversity on a world scale, and playa fundamental role in driving the global atmospheric system. Moreover, the oceans continue to provide a critical source of food through/fisheries and aquaculture, are an increasingly significant source of energy resources, and underpin the global economy through sea-borne trade.
Climate Change Mitigation Activities In The Ocean: Turning Up The Regulatory Heat, Rosemary Rayfuse, Robin Warner
Climate Change Mitigation Activities In The Ocean: Turning Up The Regulatory Heat, Rosemary Rayfuse, Robin Warner
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
The adverse impacts of anthropogenically induced climate change on the terrestrial and marine environments have been acknowledged by a succession of expert reports commissioned by global and national bodies (IPCC 2007; Preston and Jones 2006; Stern et al. 2006). The threats posed by climate change to the global environment have fostered heightened scientific and commercial interest in a range of CO2 sequestration methods that either involve the ocean or affect the marine environment. The most developed proposals to date relate to offshore carbon capture and storage (OCCS), which seeks to capture carbon dioxide from point sources of emissions and sequester …
Uncertain Seas Ahead: Legal And Policy Approaches To Conserving Marine Biodiversity In The Face Of Changing Climate, Richard Kenchington, Robin Warner
Uncertain Seas Ahead: Legal And Policy Approaches To Conserving Marine Biodiversity In The Face Of Changing Climate, Richard Kenchington, Robin Warner
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
Climate is a major factor in the habitat, food chains, competition, success and survival of species. Contemporary distributions and abundance of marine species and communities reflect adaptation to geologically recent climatic conditions and the impacts of human activities. Warming of the atmosphere and seawater has occurred in association with increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide since the start of the twentieth century. Despite continuing scientific research and wider discussion of the relative roles of anthropogenic greenhouse gas increases and other influences on climate, climate change is occurring. The policy and legal issues have two core components: response to the effects …