Fachartikel zum Thema 'Politik, Entwicklung, Management':
Ocean Acidification: A Litmus Test for International Law
International environmental law has developed in a mostly sectoral and ad hoc manner. Regimes have been devised to address specific global or regional environmental problems, such as particular sources and types of transboundary pollution, rather than to promote transboundary environmental governance in a holistic and integrated manner. As a consequence there is today an array of international environmental regimes but a lack of coordination among them, and many regimes operate independently, and sometimes even inconsistently, in relation to each another.
Ocean acidification, the changing chemistry of the oceans as a result of the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is caused by the atmospheric pollutant that is also the main driver of anthropogenic climate change, having effects on the marine environment as serious as other pollutants entering the oceans. However there is no discernible pressure for a new regime to address the problem specifically, given the extensive body of law already in existence that could potentially be applicable. This article assesses the two main environmental regimes that appear to have obvious application – the climate change regime and the marine pollution regime. It is argued that while the phenomenon is partially regulated by both of these regimes, it is addressed wholeheartedly by neither. Ocean acidification therefore exists in an international legal twilight zone, a regrettable position given the serious threat it presents to the ecological integrity of the world’s oceans. By reference to international relations scholarship relating to regime complexity, it suggests a possible way forward in addressing ocean acidification as a cross-cutting environmental challenge.
| Copyright: | © Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | |
| Quelle: | Issue 4/2009 (Dezember 2009) | |
| Seiten: | 13 | |
| Preis: | € 41,65 | |
| Autor: | Dr. Rachel Baird  Meredith Simons Dr. Tim Stephens | |
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