Climate change and environmental hazards related to shipping : an international legal framework : proceedings of the Hamburg International Environmental Law Conference 2011 / edited by Hans-Joachim Koch [and others].

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Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE WELCOMING ADDRESSES -- Welcome Speech / Dieter Lenzen -- Opening Speech / Hans-Joachim Koch -- pt. TWO CLIMATE CHANGE -- Presentations -- Budget Approach -- A Framework for a Global Transformation towards a Low Carbon Economy / Daniel Klingenfeld -- 1. 2C-guardrail Requires Immediate Action -- 2. International Climate Policy Context -- 3. Budget Approach -- Solving the Climate Dilemma -- 3.1. Basic Principles -- 3.2. Calculating National Emission Budgets -- 3.3. Taking Stock Based on National Emissions Budgets -- 3.4. Foundations for a New Global Climate Architecture -- 4. Institutional Design for a Low-Carbon Global Economy -- 5. New Climate Partnership Patterns -- Tale of Two Architectures: The Once and Future U.N. Climate Change Regime / Daniel Bodansky -- 1. Origins of the U.N. Climate Change Regime -- 2. Kyoto Protocol: The Ascendance of the Top-Down Approach -- 3. Copenhagen and Cancun: The Bottom-Up Approach Strikes Back -- 4. Comparing the Top-Down and the Bottom-Up Approaches -- 5. Conclusion -- Energy Switch in Germany: 100% Renewable Electricity by 2050 / Sonke Bohm -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Challenges to Meet Energy Supply -- 3. Point of Departure in the Discussion -- 4. Sustainability Assessment of Technology Options -- 4.1. Goal: Sustainable Electricity Supply in 2050 -- 4.2. Path to Transition -- 4.3. Elements of Transition -- Working Groups International Climate Policy before COP 17 -- Legal Options for Regime Evolution in the Climate Change Regime: Some Comments / Marc Pallemaerts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Options for Regime Development -- 2.1. Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol -- 2.2. New Protocol under the UNFCCC -- 2.3. Amendment of the UNFCCC -- International Climate Change Policy: An Indian Perspective / Lavanya Rajamani -- 1. Introduction -- 2. India's Negotiating Position -- 3. India at Durban -- 4. India's Domestic Policies & Action -- International Climate Law and Policy: An Australian Perspective / Jacqueline Peel -- Discussion Summary -- Working Group: International Climate Policy before COP 17 / Sebastian Oberthur -- EU and National Initiatives -- Climate Protection: A South American Perspective / Jorge Caillaux -- 1. Our Vision Concerning the International Process on Climate Change -- 2. Case of Latin America -- 3. Conclusions -- 4. Sense of Urgency -- Climate Protection and Sustainability in Japan -- Tasks Following March 11th 2011 / Masanori Okada -- 1. Introduction -- 2. National Politics under Frameworks of International Law -- 3. Critical Appraisal -- 3.1. Industrial Metabolism -- 3.2. Over-and Underestimating New Technologies -- 3.3. Dependency on Nuclear Power Plants -- 3.4. Climate Protection Measures as a Political Steering Device -- 4. Rebuilding and Climate Protection -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Supplementary Remarks -- Discussion Summary -- Working Group: Initiatives on an EU and on a National Level / Astrid Epiney -- pt. THREE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS RELATED TO SHIPPING -- Presentations -- Integrating Shipping into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme? / Tim Bauerle -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Political Progress and Backlashes at IMO -- 3. Actual Activities of the European Commission -- 3.1. Levy / Compensation Fund -- 3.2. Emission Trading Scheme -- 3.3. Taxation on Fuel or Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 3.4. Mandatory Ship-level Emissions Reduction -- 3.5. Other Measures under Discussion -- 3.6. Relevant Legal Aspects in the Decision-Making Process of the Commission -- 4. Learning from Aviation -- The Judgement of the ECJ (Case 366/10) -- 4.1. Legal Arguments against Measures in European Ports -- 4.1.1. Unilateral Regulation in Ports Amounts to Unlawful Extraterritorial Action -- 4.1.2. Kyoto Protocol Gives IMO (Exclusive) Competence to Regulate International Maritime Emissions -- 5. Conclusion -- Cooperative Compliance Strategy: The Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme / Lawrence D. Barchue, Sr. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Who are the Principal Actors, Their Roles and Compliance Regimes -- 3. New Approach to Compliance Monitoring in International Shipping -- 4. Conclusion -- Èrika III' Package: Progress or Breach of International Law? / Alexander Proelss -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Èrika III' Package: An Overview -- 3. Intertanko and the Limits of Union Competences in the Field of Maritime Safety -- 3.1. ECJ's Intertanko Decision -- 3.2. Critical Appraisal of the Decision -- 3.2.1. On the Direct Applicability and Executability of Older National Treaties -- 3.2.2. On the Interpretation of European Union Law in a Friendly Manner towards International Law -- 4. Compatibility of the Èrika III' Measures with International Law -- 4.1. Insurance of Ship Owners for Maritime Claims -- 4.2. Notification Requirement in Accordance with the Directive on Port State Control -- 4.3. Access Refusals in Accordance with the Directive on Port State Control -- 5. Conclusion -- Working Groups: Emissions Reduction and Emissions Trading Systems in Shipping -- Emissions Reduction and Emissions Trading Systems in Shipping: A BIMCO Perspective / Torben Skaanild -- Prevention of Shipping Accidents -- Some Comments on the Role of Industry in the Prevention of Environmental Hazards Related to Shipping / Aldo Chircop -- Discussion Summary -- Working Group: The Prevention of Shipping Accidents / Henrik Ringbom -- pt. FOUR PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- Impact of Global Warming on the Oceans / Mojib Latif -- 1. Abstract -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Natural Variability -- 4. Response Uncertainty -- 5. Climate Change Projections -- 6. Conclusions -- Use and Protection of the Seas in Times of Climate Change / Jochen Flasbarth -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How Can Protection and Uses of the Seas Stabilise the Climate? -- 2.1. Preserving the Function of Our Seas as a Carbon Sink through Marine Protection and Climate Change Mitigation -- 2.2. Strengthening the Resilience of Marine Ecosystems to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on the Seas -- 2.3. Seas as an Inexhaustible Energy Source -- Wind Power, Wave Power -- 2.4. Ocean Energy -- 2.5. CCS as a Bridging Technology -- 2.6. Marine Geo-Engineering -- 2.7. Change in Existing Uses -- 3. Implementation Needs and Successes -- 4. Concluding Remark -- Discussion Summary -- Forum 1: Protection of the Marine Environment and Climate Change / Lilly Weidemann -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Discussed Topics -- 2.1. Hard or Soft Law Approach -- 2.2. Fragmentation -- 2.3. Legal Basis for CCS on the (Extended) Continental Shelf -- 2.4. International Efforts to Reduce Global Emissions -- pt. FIVE OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY -- Wind Energy and Maritime Spatial Planning / Ursula Prall -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Expectations -- 1.2. Resulting Conflicts -- 1.3. In Particular: Approaches to Combine Nature Conservation and Offshore Wind in Germany -- 2. Nature Conservation in Consent Procedures -- 2.1. Consent Procedure -- 2.2. Construction and Operation; Decommissioning -- 2.3. Violation of Binding Provisions of Habitat and/or Bird Directives? -- 3. Habitat Protection -- 3.1. Designation of Protected Sites -- 3.1.1. Legal Obligation -- 3.1.2. Status in Germany -- 3.2. Economical Instruments -- 3.3. Evaluation -- 4. Species Protection -- 4.1. Legal Obligation -- 4.2. Status of Species Protection in Germany -- 4.2.1. Marine Mammals (in Particular: Harbour Porpoises) -- 4.2.2. Loons (gavia arctica and gavia stellata) -- 4.2.3. Migratory Birds -- 4.3. Evaluation -- 5. Conclusion -- Wind Energy and Maritime Planning / Nico Nolte -- Discussion Summary -- Forum on Offshore Wind Energy: Actors, Legal Instruments and Decision-Making Procedures / Ronan Long -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Offshore Wind Energy Development and the Obligation to Protect the Marine Environment -- 3. Marine Spatial Planning and Wind Energy in the Germany EEZ -- 4. Offshore Wind Energy and Shipping -- 5. General Remarks -- pt.

SIX CITIES' CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION -- Introductory Remarks on Opportunities of the Cities in the Field of Local Climate Change Governance / Joachim Sanden -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Drivers for and Functions of the Cities in International Climate Protection -- 3. Framing the Process of Transition to a Low Carbon Future -- 4. Key Design Elements of Further Local Legal Action -- 5. Conclusions -- Conclusions of Forum II: Cities' Contributions to Environmental Protection / Joachim Sanden -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Importance of Cities for Environmental Protection -- 3. Present City Action -- 4. Problems and Answers -- 5. Outlook on Future Possibilities for Cities to Act on Climate Protection -- pt. SEVEN RESULTS -- Results: Climate Change / Hans-Joachim Koch -- Results: Environmental Hazards Related to Shipping / Doris Konig.

Includes bibliographical references.

In "Climate Change and Environmental Hazards Related to Shipping" the editors offer an overview on the recent discussions regarding legal questions of tackling climate change and the legal instruments related to environmental problems caused by international shipping.

English.

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