Law of the Sea and the Planetary Crisis

Liu Nengye is associate professor of law at Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, where he teaches and conducts research on law and sustainability.Shirley V. Scott is professor of international law and international relations in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra, Australia.

• List of ContributorsPreface Alexander ProelssAcknowledgementForeword1 The “triple challenge” facing ocean law and governance Nengye Liu and Shirley V. Scott2 Global experimentalist governance and ocean acidification Annika Frosch3 Multi-ocean spaces and offshore wind energy Gabriela Argüello4 Regulating deep-sea mining for critical minerals: A “wicked problem” of the Anthropocene?David Leary5 The case for using Elinor Ostrom’s studies on robustness and adaptive governance to implement the BBNJ AgreementKristine Elfrida Dalaker6 International fisheries as the “whale in the room” at the negotiations for a new instrument for biodiversity beyond national jurisdictionEthan Beringen7 The principle of common heritage of humankind as a bridge between deep seabed mining and biodiversity conservation Carina Costa de Oliveira, Harvey Mpoto Bombaka, and Ana Flávia Barros-Platiau8 Is international law fit for purpose for the green shipping transition?Ethan Beringen and Nengye Liu9 Institutional compliance mechanisms for International Maritime Organization treaties: Regime building for the next crisisRebecca Prentiss Pskowski10 Developing Ocean Regimes for an Uncertain Future Shirley V. Scott and Nengye LiuIndex