Ocean Acidification: Falling Between the Legal Cracks of UNCLOS and the UNFCCC?

dc.contributor.authorOral, Nilufer
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:49:08Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:49:08Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractOceans have played a critical role in shielding Earth from some of the more serious impacts of climate change by absorbing approximately 30 percent of emitted anthropogenic carbon dioxide. However, this has resulted in an approximate 26 percent increase in acidity of oceans since the industrial period. This not only presents the scientific challenge of addressing the problem of ocean acidification and its impacts on ocean marine life, but also presents many legal challenges. This Article will assess if the existing international legal framework provides the necessary foundation to address these legal challenges. Specifically, this Article will analyze whether two key global regimes, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, provide the necessary legal foundation to address ocean acidification. It concludes that while UNCLOS establishes the legal obligation of States to address ocean acidification, it does not by itself provide for the framework for taking the collective action needed for a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. By contrast, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change regime appears to provide a better vehicle for the collective action necessary to mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide causing ocean acidification.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.15779/Z38SB3WZ68
dc.identifier.endpage30en_US
dc.identifier.issn0046-1121
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85054987969en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15779/Z38SB3WZ68
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8102
dc.identifier.volume45en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000446322700001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniv California Berkeley Sch Lawen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEcology Law Quarterlyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectClimate-Changeen_US
dc.subjectProtectionen_US
dc.subjectSeaen_US
dc.subjectLawen_US
dc.titleOcean Acidification: Falling Between the Legal Cracks of UNCLOS and the UNFCCC?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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