The Relationship between the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the UN Climate Change Regime: What Role for Article 237 UNCLOS?

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By: Philipp P Nickels (Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, NCLOS, Faculty of Law, UiT) PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2024/04/The-Relationship-between-the-LOSC-and-the-UN-Climate-Change-Regime-NCLOS-blog.pdf Matters commented on: request for an advisory opinion, ITLOS, COSIS, inter-regime relationships 1 Introduction* On 12 December 2022, the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS) submitted a request …

A Peculiar Interaction: Extreme Temperature Rise in the North Atlantic and the International Maritime Organization’s Sulphur Regulation

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By: Konstantinos Deligiannis-Virvos (PhD Research Fellow, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, UiT) PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2024/01/NCLOS-Blog-IMO-and-Climate-Change-final-1.pdf Matters Commented on: North Atlantic Ocean surface temperature rise, IMO 2020 Sulphur Regulation, IMO GHG Strategy, Climate Change 1.      Introduction In the summer of 2023 exceptional sea surface temperatures were recorded on the …

Provisional Application of an Amendment to the London Protocol to Facilitate Collaborative CCS Projects

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By: Nigel Bankes PDF version: Blog_NBankes_Article6 (GZ DW edit)(NB) Document Commented On: Resolution LP.5(14) on the Provisional Application of the 2009 Amendment to Article 6 of the London Protocol, adopted 11 October 2019, by the 14th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the …

Did the latest Resolution on Marine Plastic Litter and Microplastics take us any closer to pollution-free oceans?

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By: Linda Finska PDF version: https://site.uit.no/jclos/files/2018/01/JCLOS-Blog-100118_Marine-Litter_Finska.pdf Document commented on: United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, Resolution on Marine Litter and Microplastics, UNEP/EA.3/L.20, Third Session, 4-6 December 2017 According to the Ellen McArthur Foundation, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish by weight in our …