Atoll Island States and International Law Climate Change Displacement and Sovereignty /

• Main Authors: Yamamoto, Lilian (Author), Esteban, Miguel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; Climate change.; Oceanography.; Environmental sciences.; Public international law.; Human rights.; International environmental law.; Public International Law.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Human Rights.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; International Environmental Law.

Atoll Island States exist on top of what is perceived to be one of the planet's most vulnerable ecosystems: atolls. It has been predicted that an increase in the pace of sea level rise brought about by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will cause them to disappear, forc...