legal consequences of sea level rise Snjólaug Árnadóttir 1987- creator text enk London Cambridge University Press 2021 2022 monographic eng 1 online resource (xx, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). Coastal States exercise sovereignty and sovereign rights in maritime zones, measured from their coasts. The limits to these maritime zones are bound to recede as sea levels rise and coastlines are eroded. Furthermore, ocean acidification and ocean warming are increasingly threatening coastal ecosystems, which States are obligated to protect and manage sustainably. These changes, accelerating as the planet heats, prompt an urgent need to clarify and update the international law of maritime zones. This book explains how bilateral maritime boundaries are established, and how coastal instability and vulnerable ecosystems can affect the delimitation process through bilateral negotiations or judicial settlement. Árnadóttir engages with core concepts within public international law to address emerging issues, such as diminishing territory and changing boundaries. She proposes viable ways of addressing future challenges and sets out how fundamental changes to the marine environment can justify termination or revision of settled maritime boundaries and related agreements. Introduction -- Law of the sea and the changing marine environment -- Unilaterally declared maritime limits -- Maritime delimitation and coastal instability -- Maritime delimitation and the marine environment -- Fundamental change of circumstances -- Conclusion. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Dec 2021). Maritime boundaries Climatic changes Law and legislation Sea level Continental shelf Law and legislation Submerged lands Law and legislation 341.4/48 9781009047906 (ebook) https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009047906 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009047906 UkCbUP 210209 eng