Meeresspiegelanstieg und völkerrechtliche Herausforderungen für kleine Inselstaaten.

»Sea Level Rise and Challenges for Small Island States under International Law«: Climate change is one of the issues that has dominated political and legal discussions at the international level for some time. Coastal and island states are particularly at risk. For small island states, climate change poses a variety of challenges, not least because they could lose their national territory in the foreseeable future. This book takes a holistic approach to address various legal issues that arise for this group of states as well as their implications for each other.