Research Handbook on Climate Change, Oceans and Coasts

Hardback Research Handbook on Climate Change, Oceans and Coasts Research Handbooks in Climate Law series Edited by Jan McDonald, Faculty of Law and Centre for Marine Socioecology, Jeffrey McGee, Faculty of Law, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, and Centre for Marine Socioecology, The University of Tasmania, Australia and Richard Barnes, Lincoln Law School and Lincoln Centre for Ecological Justice, The University of Lincoln, UK Publication Date: 2020 ISBN: 978 1 78811 222 2 Extent: 544 pp This topical Research Handbook examines the legal intersections of climate change, oceans and coasts across multiple scales and sectors, covering different geographies and regions. With expert contributions from Europe, Australasia, the Pacific, North America and Asia, it includes insightful chapters on issues ranging across the impacts of climate change on marine and coastal environments. It assesses institutional responses to climate change in ocean and marine governance regimes, adaptation to climate impacts on ocean and coastal systems and communities, and climate change mitigation in marine and coastal environments. Through a plurality of voices, disciplinary and geographical perspectives, this Research Handbook explores cross-cutting themes of institutional complexity, fragmentation, scale and design trade-offs