nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/651d916278036d80 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240604s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/651d916278036d80 doi eng 342 23 Payne, Cymie Author aut Finding Light in Dark Places - Specific Obligations for Climate Change and Ocean Acidification Mitigation Payne, Cymie Verfassungsblog 2024-06-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Can the new advisory opinion interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) move us beyond the lethargy of unmet climate change policy needs? The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea established the gravity of this question by stating that “climate change represents an existential threat and raises human rights concerns”. The Tribunal acted both boldly and conservatively by interpreting UNCLOS as an independent source of international legally binding obligations to address climate change and ocean acidification. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Crisis ITLOS International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea | Hamburg Internationaler Seegerichtshof. Kammer für Meeresbodenstreitigkeiten | Hamburg Law of the Sea Ocean Acidification UNCLOS climate litigation (DE-588)5326618-3 gnd International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea | Hamburg (DE-588)4131908-4 gnd Internationaler Seegerichtshof. Kammer für Meeresbodenstreitigkeiten | Hamburg Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/itlos-climate-ocean-acidification-mitigation/ raw object