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Contributors
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ix |
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Preface and Acknowledgments
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xvii |
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Part I: Introduction
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1 Overview
Gregory E. Wannier and Michael B. Gerrard
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3 |
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2 Sea Level Rise in a Changing Climate: What Do We Know?
Mary-Elena Carr, Madeleine Rubenstein, Alice Graff, and Diego Villarreal
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15 |
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Part II: Sovereignty and Territorial Concerns
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3 When Do States Disappear?: Thresholds of Effective Statehood and the Continued Recognition of “Deterritorialized” Island States
Jenny Grote Stoutenburg
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57 |
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4 The Nation Ex-Situ
Maxine A. Burkett
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89 |
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5 Introducing the Law of the Sea and the Legal Implications of Rising Sea Levels
Ann Powers and Christopher Stucko
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123 |
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6 Options to Protect Coastlines and Secure Maritime Jurisdictional Claims in the Face of Global Sea Level Rise
Clive Schofield and David Freestone
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141 |
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7 Sea Level Rise and Maritime Zones: Preserving the Maritime Entitlements of “Disappearing” States
Rosemary Rayfuse
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167 |
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Part III: Resettlement Protections and Proposed Solutions
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8 Human Rights and Climate Change: Reflections on International Legal Issues and Potential Policy Relevance
Siobhán McInerney-Lankford
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195 |
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9 Protection of Persons Displaced as a Result of Climate Change: Existing Tools and Emerging Frameworks
Michele Klein Solomon and Koko Warner
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243 |
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10 “In the Face of Looming Catastrophe”: A Convention for Climate-Change-Displaced Persons
David Hodgkinson and Lucy Young
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299 |
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11 The National Immigration Policy Option: Limits and Potential
Katrina M. Wyman
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337 |
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12 Domestic Law for Resettlement of Persons Displaced by Climate Change
Leslie A. Stein
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369 |
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Part IV: Establishing Accountability
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13 Could a Small Island Successfully Sue a Big Emitter?: Pursuing a Legal Theory and a Venue for Climate Justice
Jacob David Werksman
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409 |
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14 Making Good the Loss: An Assessment of the Loss and Damage Mechanism under the UNFCCC Process
Ilona Millar, Catherine Gascoigne, and Elizabeth Caldwell
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433 |
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15 Ocean Acidification: International Legal Avenues under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Dean Bialek and Judah Ariel
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473 |
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16 Securing Planetary Life Sources for Future Generations: Legal Actions Deriving from the Ancient Sovereign Trust Obligation
Mary Christina Wood, Stephen Leonard, Daniel Bartz, and Nicola Peart
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531 |
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17 Transboundary Climate Challenge to Coal: One Small Step against Dirty Energy, One Giant Leap for Climate Justice
Maketo Robert, Leonito (Jun) Bacalando Jr., Jasper Teulings, Kristin Casper, Jan Šrytr, and Kristína Šabová
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589 |
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Index
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627 |
