Climate Change and Ocean Governance: Politics and Policy for Threatened Seas

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Climate Change and Ocean Governance brings together authors from political science and cognate disciplines to examine the political and policy dimensions of climate change for our oceans. The environmental, social and economic consequences of oceanic change present tremendous challenges for governments and other actors. New and innovative policies for governing oceans and seas - and for managing vital marine resources - have never been more important. Existing national and international institutions for marine governance that were created when oceanic conditions were relatively static may not be adequate for a future characterized by continuous oceanic change. Responses to oceanic change will result in winners and losers, and thus will involve politics in all its manifestations. This book reveals the unavoidable connections between climate change, the oceans, and questions of governance. It provides valuable lessons for researchers, policymakers and activists concerned about governing oceanic change into the future.

Paul G. Harris is a political scientist and the Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong. He is author or editor of many books on global environmental politics, policy, and ethics, including Global Ethics and Climate Change (Second Edition, 2016), the Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics (2016, ), and What's Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It (2013).

'A splendid collection of succinct, expert analyses of the massive governance problems of a world of rising seas, pervasive pollution, and declining ecosystems ... With far-reaching bibliographies on key topics, the research in the book is valuable for trying to understand the rising issues governing the seas.' D. B. Robertson, Choice