Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy

Edited by David L. VanderZwaag, Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Ocean Law and Governance, Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Canada, Nilüfer Oral, Director, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore and United Nations International Law Commission member and Tim Stephens, Professor of International Law and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, University of Sydney Law School, Australia

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy 1David L VanderZwaag, Nilüfer Oral, and Tim StephensPART I SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT2 Ocean acidification: scientific understanding and challenges 11Dan Laffoley, John M Baxter, Elizabeth B Jewett, Maureen T Brooks andNelson A LagosPART II GLOBAL LAW AND POLICY3 Implications of the Paris Agreement for Action on Ocean Acidificationwithin the UNFCCC 24Ellycia R Harrould-Kolieb4 Ocean acidification and multilateral environmental agreements 37Naporn Popattanachai and Elizabeth A Kirk5 Maritime transport and ocean acidification 53Beatriz Martinez Romera6 Ocean acidification and a new treaty on marine biodiversity in areasbeyond national jurisdiction 61Joanna Mossop7 Food security, fisheries and ocean acidification: a human rights based approach 74Hilal Elver and Nilüfer OralPART III REGIONAL LAW AND POLICY8 Regional seas programmes and ocean acidification 94Kerry Tetzlaff9 Regional fisheries bodies and ocean acidification 123Rosemary Rayfuse10 Ocean acidification and the Arctic: regional scientific and governanceresponses 142Nadja Steiner and David L VanderZwaag11 Southern Ocean acidification and the Antarctic Treaty System 164Karen N Scott12 Ocean acidification and Pacific Island countries and territories:sounding the alarm on an existential threat 179Clement Yow MulalapPART IV NATIONAL LAW AND POLICY13 Ocean acidification: science, policy and law in Australia 201Ellycia R Harrould-Kolieb and Tim Stephens14 Brazilian policy and law review on ocean acidification and climatechange: achievements and challenges 220Maria Helena Fonseca de Souza Rolim and Victor Alencar Mayer Feitosa Ventura15 Ocean acidification and China’s response 238Jiayu Bai and Jiaxin Sui16 The battle against ocean acidification in the United States 260Sherry P BroderIndex

‘. . . the edited collection makes for an excellent contribution to the literature on ocean acidification. Many of the contributions address issues that have not yet received much scholarly attention, while those that cover more familiar topics provide new perspectives and track recent developments in the legal and policy response to ocean acidification. Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy certainly succeeds in providing “a navigational guide to the tangled currents” of responding to ocean acidification at the global, regional and national levels. For this, the editors and the contributors are to be commended. Hopefully this guide will not only be the basis for further scholarly investigation of the different challenges ocean acidification presents, but will also be read by policymakers at different levels of governance and go some way to steering them towards more effective responses to continuing ocean acidification.’