Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law

Edited by Phillipa C. McCormack, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, Australia and Richard Caddell, Reader in Marine and Environmental Law, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, UK

• ContentsPreface xiiList of abbreviations xivPART I STRESS-TESTING LEGAL REGIMES FOR INTERSECTING CRISES1 Climate change and biodiversity law: Quo Vadis? 2Richard Caddell, Phillipa C McCormack2 The convention on biological diversity and climate change 25Christian Prip3 Climate change and the international regulation of migratory species 47Richard Caddell4 Pushing the limits of environmental law: climate change andtransboundary conservation 72Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao5 Marine protected areas: dynamism and adaptability to climate change 92Sarah Ryan Enright6 Climate change and the limits of international fisheries law 114Mitchell Lennan7 Climate mitigation, adaptation, and the UN convention on the law of the sea 139Hayley Roberts8 Responding to ocean acidification by strengthening marine ecosystemhealth and resilience 162Reuben Makomere9 The world heritage convention and climate change: a broad remit anda call to act in defence of the convention 184Erica Lyman, Noni Austin and Martin WagnerPART II RESPONDING TO CLIMATE-INDUCED CHALLENGESAND DEVELOPMENTS10 Managing species arriving, leaving and returning 204Arie Trouwborst11 Arctic governance, climate change and biodiversity 222Stefan Kirchner12 Extraterritorial jurisdiction, biodiversity loss and climate change 241Natalie Dobson13 Managing Biodiversity Stressors to Enhance Climate Resilience 263Sophie Riley14 A brief overview of strategies used to prevent or reduce human-wildlifeconflict – a foundation for adaption to climate change 289Andrew Blackmore, Phillipa C McCormack and Simon PooleyPART III NEW TOOLS AND EMERGING THINKING ABOUTCLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS15 Changing genes for a changing climate: Genetic intervention as a toolfor biodiversity conservation in the era of climate change 315John A. (Alexander) Erwin16 Mind the gap: biodiversity and climate change 337Briony Eales and Phillipa C McCormack17 Protecting biodiversity with the right to a healthy environment: lessonsfrom climate change litigation 372Samvel Varvastian18 Multispecies lawscapes in the anthropocene: priorities for a critical,constitutional turn in climate change and biodiversity law 392Iyan Offor and Antonio Cardesa-Salzmann19 The final words: care, responsibility, action…and hope? 415Phillipa C McCormack and Felicity S McCormack

‘The book the world needs – right now! IPBES and the IPCC jointly declared climate change to be the likely number 1 driver of biodiversity loss by the end of the 21st century. With expert contributions across legal regimes and biomes, this volume addresses a critical gap in knowledge.’