TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing the Ocean-Climate Nexus in the BBNJ Agreement
T2 - Strategic Environmental Assessments, Human Rights and Equity in Ocean Science
AU - Morgera, Elisa
AU - McQuaid, Kirsty
AU - La Bianca, Giulia
AU - Niner, Holly
AU - Shannon, Lynne
AU - Strand, Mia
AU - Rees, Sian
AU - Howell, Kerry
AU - Snow, Bernadette
AU - Lancaster, Alana Malinde Sn
AU - Sauer, Warwick
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elisa Morgera et al., 2023.
PY - 2023/7/19
Y1 - 2023/7/19
N2 - The Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) opens a new path in international law towards addressing issues at the ocean-climate nexus, as well as considering implications for the protection of human rights and achieving equity among States in the context of ocean knowledge production and environmental management. Based on an interdisciplinary reflection, the new international obligations on strategic environmental assessments (SEAs), and new institutional arrangements, are identified as crucial avenues to addressing climate change mitigation and ensuring fair research partnerships, mutual capacity-building and technology co-development between the Global North and South. SEAs can also support integrated implementation of other parts of the BBNJ Agreement and contribute to the broader effectiveness of the general provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the protection of the marine environment, within and beyond national jurisdiction.
AB - The Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) opens a new path in international law towards addressing issues at the ocean-climate nexus, as well as considering implications for the protection of human rights and achieving equity among States in the context of ocean knowledge production and environmental management. Based on an interdisciplinary reflection, the new international obligations on strategic environmental assessments (SEAs), and new institutional arrangements, are identified as crucial avenues to addressing climate change mitigation and ensuring fair research partnerships, mutual capacity-building and technology co-development between the Global North and South. SEAs can also support integrated implementation of other parts of the BBNJ Agreement and contribute to the broader effectiveness of the general provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the protection of the marine environment, within and beyond national jurisdiction.
KW - Areas beyond national jurisdiction
KW - Climate change
KW - Ecological connectivity
KW - Ecosystem services
KW - Equity
KW - Marine biodiversity
KW - Research
KW - Strategic environmental assessment
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UR - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/context/bms-research/article/2694/viewcontent/Morgeraetal_2023a.pdf
U2 - 10.1163/15718085-bja10139
DO - 10.1163/15718085-bja10139
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85168978152
SN - 0927-3522
VL - 38
SP - 447
EP - 479
JO - International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
JF - International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
IS - 3
ER -