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The article focuses on the potential impacts of climate change on ocean ecosystems and coastal resources and explores the prospects for bringing causes of action under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The article also includes a discussion of the potential barriers to such a cause of action.

Climate change, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, UNCLOS, climate change litigation

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This introductory article frames the issues associated with operationalization of the precautionary principle in the context of environmental regimes at the international, national, and local level, with an emphasis on international regimes.

Precautionary principle, environmental law

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The article focuses on the potential impacts of climate change on straddling fish stocks and highly migratory species and the potential for pursuing causes of action under the UN Fish Stocks Agreement. The article also assesses potential barriers to such causes of action.

Climate change, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, UNCLOS, climate change litigation, UN Fish Stocks Agreement

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The article examines the potential impacts of climate change on coastal resources of Pacific Island Developing Counties and the responses of key institutions at the international level including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the GEF. The article also suggests ways to improve adaptation and mitigation responses.

Climate change, small island states, Pacific, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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The article analysises the results from the 8th Cofnerence of the Parties to CMS, including notable developing such as enhancing the synergy of the regime and other wildlife conservation regimes, e.g. the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species; how to address climate change impacts on migratory species; and new listings under the CMS.

Convention on Migratory Species, wildlife conservation

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Given the ineffectiveness of institutional responses to climate change at the international level, as well as inadequate domestic responses, States and NGOs have begun to explore potential causes of action under judicial and quasi-judicial fora. This article looks at a potential cause of action under the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement.

Climate change, United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, Straddling Stocks, Highly Migratory stocks

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This chapter focuses on the potential impacts of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide related to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on ocean ecosystems in the context of ocean acidification. The chapter also suggests the legal and policy implications of ocean acidification, with a focus on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.

Climate change, ocean acidification, oceans, ecosystems, biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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In the past couple of years, several NGOs filed petitions with the World Heritage Committee, asking them to list 5 World Heritage sites as "in danger" due to threats associated with climate change, potentially triggering a set of obligations to protect the sites. This article argues that the Committee's decision to reject the petitions is unsupportable from a legal perspective, and suggests a way forward for the Committee in addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation issues.

Climate change, World Heritage Convention, World Heritage Committee

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The article examines the developments at the 49th Meeting of the IWC, including efforts to address environmental change and to implement the Revised Management Scheme.

International Whaling Commission, International Environmental Law

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The article examines the potential implications of climate change on small island states, especially in the Pacific, and the mechanisms of the United Nations Framework Convention that may be germane to protecting their interests. The article suggests alternative legal mechanisms for effectuating this objective.

Small island states, climate change, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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This brief article assesses the potential ramifications of climate change on agricultural production in both the United States and globally. It also discusses some of the efforts at adaptation and mitigation germane to the agricultural sector.

Climate change, agriculture, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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This article assesses the potential impacts of climate change on human health, with an emphasis on waterborne diseases. The article also discusses uncertainties associated with establishing causality between environmental change and specific diseases.

Climate change, disease

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The article provides an overview of the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS), a regional whale conservation agreement established under the Convention on Migratory Species. The article includes an analysis of the history of development of ACCOBAMS and the prospects for the treaty to protect imperiled cetacean species in the region.

Whaling, ACCOBAMS, whales, cetaceans

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The article focuses on the Berlin Initiative, which establishes a Conservation Committee under the International Whaling Commission. The article discusses the history of the establishment of the Committee, objections to its establishment, and the prospects for the Committee to help further the IWC's agenda.

International Whaling Commission, whales

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The article examines the primary threats to cetaceans in the 21st Century. It concludes that environmental change poses a far more dire threat to cetaceans, yet the IWC appears to be ill equipped from a political or resource standpoint to address these issues. The article also provides recommendations on how the IWC might improve its ability to protect cetaceans from threats such as climate change, marine pollution and noise.

Climate change, International Whaling Commission, whales, cetaceans

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The article examines the International Whaling Commission's efforts to address one of the most pressing issues facing cetaceans in the 21st Century, climate change. The article outlines the history of the IWC in addressing climate change issues and suggests ways for the IWC to improve its ability to protect cetaceans in the future.

International Whaling Commission, climate change