Climate change and international shipping : the regulatory framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions / / by Yubing Shi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465776003321
• Autore: Shi Yubing
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Nijhoff, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 90-04-32931-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (498 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Legal aspects of sustainable development ; ; volume 23
• Disciplina: 344.05/738746
• Soggetti: Greenhouse gas mitigation - Law and legislation; Marine engines - Exhaust gas - Law and legislation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Australian National centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, 2014) issued under title: "The regulatory framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- International environmental law responsibility and its application to the issue of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping -- The UN response to the issue of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping -- The IMO response to the issue of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping -- Response from the shipping industry to the issue of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping -- Response from flag states and port states to the issue of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping -- The future development of legal and institutional frameworks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Climate Change and International Shipping: The Regulatory Framework for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Yubing Shi provides ground-breaking analyses of the evolving regulatory framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. This book examines the applicability of international environmental law principles to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships and assesses the responses of ; the key stakeholders to the challenge of regulation. Based on these in-depth analyses, Shi identifies key gaps in the current regulatory framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, and proposes options for legal and institutional reforms to improve the system in place.