International Governance of the Arctic Marine Environment With Particular Emphasis on High Seas Fisheries /

• Main Author: Weidemann, Lilly (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg, 27
• Subjects: Law.; Climate change.; Law of the sea.; International law.; International environmental law.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; International Environmental Law.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

The Arctic is particularly affected by climate change; over the past few decades, temperatures in this area have risen twice as fast as the mean global rate. The most prominent effect of global climate change in the region is the melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, which enables a multitude of ocea...