Statehood in Times of Climate Change. Impacts of Sea Level Rise on the Concept of States
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- Nombre de pages226
- ISBN978-3-631-65900-7
- EAN9783631659007
- Date de parution01/11/2014
- CollectionEuropäische Hochschulschriften
- ÉditeurPeter Lang
Résumé
Climate change is a most complex, global challenge for the international community and for international law. The tremendous negotiation efforts in the last decades did not result in effective mitigation measures, leading to a rising need for adaptation. Amidst a myriad of challenges, some small island states face an existential threat of losing their state territory due to sea level rise, a situation without precedence.
What happens to their statehood when they lose a constituent criterion of a state ? This thesis argues for a claim to a new state territory. Due to the existence of such a claim, island states continue to exist even when their territory is inundated, as the lack of a territory is not necessarily permanent.
What happens to their statehood when they lose a constituent criterion of a state ? This thesis argues for a claim to a new state territory. Due to the existence of such a claim, island states continue to exist even when their territory is inundated, as the lack of a territory is not necessarily permanent.
Climate change is a most complex, global challenge for the international community and for international law. The tremendous negotiation efforts in the last decades did not result in effective mitigation measures, leading to a rising need for adaptation. Amidst a myriad of challenges, some small island states face an existential threat of losing their state territory due to sea level rise, a situation without precedence.
What happens to their statehood when they lose a constituent criterion of a state ? This thesis argues for a claim to a new state territory. Due to the existence of such a claim, island states continue to exist even when their territory is inundated, as the lack of a territory is not necessarily permanent.
What happens to their statehood when they lose a constituent criterion of a state ? This thesis argues for a claim to a new state territory. Due to the existence of such a claim, island states continue to exist even when their territory is inundated, as the lack of a territory is not necessarily permanent.