Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften Statehood in Times of Climate Change: Impacts of Sea Level Rise on the Concept of States: 5690 (Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht)

Product Description Climate change is a most complex, global challenge for the international community and for international law. The tremendous negotiation efforts in the last decades did not result in effective mitigation measures, leading to a rising need for adaptation. Amidst a myriad of challenges, some small island states face an existential threat of losing their state territory due to sea level rise, a situation without precedence. What happens to their statehood when they lose a constituent criterion of a state? This thesis argues for a claim to a new state territory. Due to the existence of such a claim, island states continue to exist even when their territory is inundated, as the lack of a territory is not necessarily permanent. About the Author Frederik von Paepcke studied Law at the Universities of Heidelberg, Lausanne and Münster. For the United Nations he worked as an advisor at the Mission of Tuvalu (Oceania) and holds a fellowship of the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (German Economy Foundation).