Routledge Handbook of Marine Governance and Global Environmental Change

343 Pages·2022·6.725 MB·English

by  Paul G. Harris

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF
MARINE GOVERNANCE AND GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
This comprehensive handbook provides a detailed and unique overview of current thinking
about marine governance in the context of global environmental change.
Many of the most profound impacts of global environmental change, and climate change
in particular, will occur in the oceans. It is vital that we consider the role of marine gover-
nance in adapting to and mitigating these impacts. This comprehensive handbook provides
a thorough review of current thinking about marine environmental governance, including
law and policy, in the context of global environmental change. Initial chapters describe
international law, regimes, and leadership in marine environmental governance, in the pro-
cess considering how existing regimes for climate change and the oceans should and can be
coordinated. This is followed by an exploration of the role of non-state actors, including
scientists, nongovernmental organisations, and corporations. The next section includes a
collection of chapters highlighting governance schemes in a variety of marine environments
and regions, including coastlines, islands, coral reefs, the open ocean, and regional seas. Sub-
sequent chapters examine emerging issues in marine governance, including plastic pollution,
maritime transport, sustainable development, environmental justice, and human rights.
Providing a defnitive overview, the Routledge Handbook of Marine Governance and Global
Environmental Change is suitable for advanced students in marine and environmental gover-
nance, environmental law and policy, and climate change, as well as practitioners, activists,
stakeholders, and others concerned about the world’s oceans and seas.
Paul G. Harris is the Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Education
University of Hong Kong. He is the author of six books and editor of 20 volumes on climate
change and global environmental politics, policy, and justice.

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK
OF MARINE GOVERNANCE
AND GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Edited by
Paul G. Harris
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First published 2022
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DOI: 10.4324/9781315149745
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CONTENTS
List of figures ix
List of tables xi
List of contributors xiii
PART I
Introduction 1
1 The growing challenge for marine governance: global
environmental change 3
Paul G. Harris
PART II
International law, regimes, and leadership in marine
environmental governance 15
2 The global oceans regime: the law of the sea and beyond 17
Erik van Doorn
3 The climate-oceans nexus: oceans in the climate regime,
climate in the oceans regime 28
Rozemarijn J. Roland Holst
4 The legal implications of ocean acidification: beyond the
climate change regime 39
Jennicca Gordon
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Contents
5 Regimes for ocean management: Regional seas programmes and blue
carbon ecosystems 51
Luciana Fernandes Coelho and Nata Tavonvunchai
6 Blue dimensions of the European Green Deal: climate action at sea 64
Gabriela A. Oanta
7 Leadership: actors and their strategies in marine environmental
governance 75
Małgorzata Zachara-Szymańska
PART III
Non-state actors in marine environmental governance 85
8 Experts: scientifc knowledge for ocean protection 87
Alice B.M. Vadrot
9 Civil society: nongovernmental organisations, public
opinion, and  individuals 100
Andrea Quirino Steiner, Elia Elisa Cia Alves, and Luís Paulo Santana
10 Private governance: the case of Marine Stewardship Council
certifcation in Russia 112
E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Dmitry L. Lajus, and Lars H. Gulbrandsen
11 Private-sector investors: climate action and blue carbon fnancing 123
Nata Tavonvunchai
PART IV
Governing marine environments and regions 137
12 Vulnerable nations and communities: accounting for those most
dependent on the seas 139
Greg Johnson, Amanda Alva, and Kelly Dunning
13 Coastlines and nearshore habitats: interactive governance in
an era of global environmental change 151
Tony George Puthucherril
14 Islands: rising seas, vulnerable shorelines, and territorial integrity 164
Anemoon Soete
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Contents
15 Coral reefs: the case for ecological reflexivity 175
Pedro Fidelman
16 Fisheries and aquaculture in Southeast Asia: managing the impacts of
climate change 183
Achmad Poernomo and Anastasia Kuswardani
17 The Baltic Sea and global environmental change: best-in-class
governance? 195
Marko Joas, Henrik Ringbom, and Nina Tynkkynen
18 Governance of the Black Sea: institutional arrangements for
managing the impacts of global environmental change 206
Emma Avoyan and Jan van Tatenhove
19 Polar seas: governing extreme change in the Arctic and
Southern Oceans 217
Nicole Wienrich, Hugh McDonald, Arne Riedel, Tim Packeiser,
and Janos Hennicke
20 Oil pollution and black carbon in the Arctic: dynamic shipping
governance in a rapidly warming region 228
Benjamin Hofmann
21 The high seas: adapting to changes in pelagic ecosystems 240
Mitchell Lennan
PART V
Emerging issues in environmentally sustainable marine governance 251
22 Plastic pollution: the challenges of uncertainty and
multiplicity in global marine governance 253
Judith van Leeuwen, Tony R. Walker, and Joanna Vince
23 Maritime commerce and transport: the imperfect match between
climate change and the International Maritime Organization 263
Judith van Leeuwen and Jason Monios
24 Global change and the development of sustainable floating cities:
regulatory and legal implications 275
Otto Spijkers and Chuxiao Yu
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Contents
25 Oceans and seas for sustainable development: challenges of global
environmental change for SDG14 286
Shailly Kedia and Kapil Narula
26 Ethics, justice, and human rights: normative considerations in marine
environmental change 299
Konrad Ott, Colin von Negenborn, and Nele Matz-Lück
PART VI
Conclusion 313
27 Prospects for marine governance in the Anthropocene:
portents from the climate regime 315
Paul G. Harris
Index 323
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FIGURES
13.1 Interactive coastal governance and ICZM 157
18.1 The Black Sea 207
18.2 Dimensions of a policy arrangement 209
19.1 Arctic sea ice extent anomalies, 1979–2021 218
19.2 Antarctic sea ice extent anomalies, 1979–2021 218
23.1 Global maritime trade 1980–2019, millions of tonnes loaded 264
23.2 Annual containerised cargo per trade lane, 2016–2019 265
23.3 Carbon intensity vs goods loaded, tonne miles, and CO emissions,
2
2000–2018 266
25.1 Proportion of fsh stocks within biologically sustainable levels
(not overexploited) at the world level 293
25.2 Percentage coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas
(exclusive economic zones) 294
25.3 Sustainable fsheries as a percentage of gross domestic
product at the world level 294
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