Climate Change and Common But Differentiated Responsibilities for the Ocean

Nations’ impacts on the ocean and their impacts on climate change are linked, especially given the synergistic interactions among these impacts on the two largest global commons—the atmosphere and the ocean. This article argues that climate change mitigation law, as represented internationally b...

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Main Author: Craig, Robin Kundis
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Utah Law Digital Commons 2017
Subjects:
CBDR
common but differentiated responsibilities
ocean
UNFCCC
Framework Convention
fishing
ocean acidification
Environmental Law
Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://dc.law.utah.edu/scholarship/60
https://dc.law.utah.edu/context/scholarship/article/1059/viewcontent/Climate_Change_SSRN_id3054582_Craig.pdf
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Summary:Nations’ impacts on the ocean and their impacts on climate change are linked, especially given the synergistic interactions among these impacts on the two largest global commons—the atmosphere and the ocean. This article argues that climate change mitigation law, as represented internationally by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its follow-on agreements, can better reflect nations’ broader Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) by taking ocean impacts into account—in particular, contributions to ocean acidification and to marine fishing.

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