Essays about: "Climate change and the Law of the Sea"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Climate change and the Law of the Sea.

  1. 1. Insights Into Wind Profile Characteristics in the Arctic Marine Boundary Layer

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Charlotte Sophie Gausa; [2024]
    Keywords : Arctic; wind profile power law; MOST; boundary layer; low level jets; sea ice; vindprofil; Arktis; gränsskikt; vindenergi; låghöjdsvindar; havsis;

    Abstract : The atmospheric boundary layer in the Arctic is essential for the understanding of climate change and improving regional weather prediction. The aim of this study is to investigate to which degree wind speed profiles retrieved in the Arctic agree with well known wind profile concepts and understand which local impact factors influence the wind speed profile. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rising seas, sinking futures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Betty Ottosson; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change; security; existential threats; UN Security Council UNSC ; Small Island Developing States SIDS ; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The issue of climate change initially emerged on the UN Security Council’s agenda in 2007 during an open debate on climate change, energy and security. Since then, there have been several debates held on the topic, which have attracted significant academic attention. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Role of the ECHR in Climate Change - Difficulties and Solutions in Implementing an Obligation to Combat Climate Change

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Cesar Örvall; [2023]
    Keywords : Public international law; Human Rights Law; ECHR; European Convention on Human Rights; Climate Change; Paris Agreement; ECtHR; European Court of Human Rights; Global Warming; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the ECHR with the aim of exploring the possible existence of positive substantive obligations connected to climate change and pertaining to the right to life and right to health as expressed in article 2 and 8 of the Convention. It departs by compiling how a positive substantive obligation is found in the ECHR system. READ MORE

  5. 4. Legal responses to Sea Level Rise under the International Law of the Sea : Legal implications of sea level rise and the potential responses to its effects on State’s territory under the international law of the sea

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Tyra Ask; [2023]
    Keywords : international law of the sea; sea level rise; international law; climate change and law;

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  6. 5. Exploring Maritime Border Disputes using the Issues Approach : Comparative analysis of Ghana-Ivory Coast and Kenya-Somalia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Roli Mahajan; [2021]
    Keywords : terrorism; security studies; maritime disputes; Kenya; Somalia; Ghana; piracy;

    Abstract : Maritime boundaries are man-made constructs which are critical to resources like oil and gas, fisheries as well as trade. Recently, these delimitations in the sea have also gained importance in the environmental discourse because the role of the sea has become scientifically more significant in the field of climate change. READ MORE