Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy

Edited by David L. VanderZwaag, Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Ocean Law and Governance, Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Canada, Nilüfer Oral, Director, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore and United Nations International Law Commission member and Tim Stephens, Professor of International Law and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, University of Sydney Law School, Australia

Contents:

1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy 1
David L VanderZwaag, Nilüfer Oral, and Tim Stephens

PART I SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT
2 Ocean acidification: scientific understanding and challenges 11
Dan Laffoley, John M Baxter, Elizabeth B Jewett, Maureen T Brooks and
Nelson A Lagos

PART II GLOBAL LAW AND POLICY
3 Implications of the Paris Agreement for Action on Ocean Acidification
within the UNFCCC 24
Ellycia R Harrould-Kolieb
4 Ocean acidification and multilateral environmental agreements 37
Naporn Popattanachai and Elizabeth A Kirk
5 Maritime transport and ocean acidification 53
Beatriz Martinez Romera
6 Ocean acidification and a new treaty on marine biodiversity in areas
beyond national jurisdiction 61
Joanna Mossop
7 Food security, fisheries and ocean acidification: a human rights based approach 74
Hilal Elver and Nilüfer Oral

PART III REGIONAL LAW AND POLICY
8 Regional seas programmes and ocean acidification 94
Kerry Tetzlaff
9 Regional fisheries bodies and ocean acidification 123
Rosemary Rayfuse
10 Ocean acidification and the Arctic: regional scientific and governance
responses 142
Nadja Steiner and David L VanderZwaag
11 Southern Ocean acidification and the Antarctic Treaty System 164
Karen N Scott
12 Ocean acidification and Pacific Island countries and territories:
sounding the alarm on an existential threat 179
Clement Yow Mulalap

PART IV NATIONAL LAW AND POLICY
13 Ocean acidification: science, policy and law in Australia 201
Ellycia R Harrould-Kolieb and Tim Stephens
14 Brazilian policy and law review on ocean acidification and climate
change: achievements and challenges 220
Maria Helena Fonseca de Souza Rolim and Victor Alencar Mayer Feitosa Ventura
15 Ocean acidification and China’s response 238
Jiayu Bai and Jiaxin Sui
16 The battle against ocean acidification in the United States 260
Sherry P Broder

Index