Elise Johansen is an Associate Professor at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea at UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø. She has published extensively on international law of the sea, environmental- and climate law. She teaches courses in the law of the sea in Norway and the US. Johansen is currently leading one of NCLOS's five main research programmes. Signe Veierud Busch is an Associate Professor at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea at UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø. Her primary research interests are dispute settlement, maritime limits and climate change. Drawing on her research experience and results, she is currently leading a research programme with the purpose of rethinking the spatial architecture of the law of the sea and ocean governance. Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen is Professor at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. Jakobsen has published extensively within international and national environmental law, the law of the sea and ocean governance. She has broad experience in leading and collaborating in interdisiplinary research projects and has acted as Vice Dean of Research at the Faculty of Law, UiT for several years.

'… the book does an admirable job of covering many of the key issues … [It] offers fascinating insights into the many influences climate change is having and will have on ocean governance and on the law of the sea … it is a must read for anyone concerned with the future of our ocean.' Meinhard Doelle, Ocean Yearbook 36

• 1. The Role of the Oceans in Regulating the Earth's Climate: Legal Perspectives Elise Johansen; 2. Climate Change and the Anthropocene: Implications For the Development of the Law of the Sea Davor Vidas, Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Summerhayes; 3. Mitigation and Adaptation Robin Kundis Craig; 4. Protecting the Marine Environment from Climate Change: the LOSC Part XII Regime Alan Boyle; 5. Ocean Acidification Karen N. Scott; 6. Regulating Greenhouse Gases from Ships: Some Light at the End of the Funnel? Henrik Ringbom; 7. Carbon Capture and Storage and the Law of the Sea Nigel Bankes; 8. Ocean Fertilization Elise Johansen; 9. Offshore Renewable Energy and the Law of the Sea Maria Madalena des Neves; 10. Marine Protected Areas and Climate Change Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen; 11. Integrating Climate Change in International Fisheries Law Erik J. Molenaar; 12. Adaptation of Aquaculture to Climate Change: The Relevance of Temporal International Framework from a Norwegian Perspective Irene Dahl; 13. Law of the Sea Responses to Sea-Level Rise and Threatened Maritime Entitlements: Applying an Exception Rule to Manage an Exceptional Situation Signe Veierud Busch; 14. Integrating Climate Change in the Governance of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Christian Prip; 15. The Law of the Sea and its Institutions: Today's Hermeneutic Approach and some Suggestions for an Ocean-centred Governance Model Margherita Paola Poto; 16. The Law of the Sea as Part of the Climate Change Regime Complex Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen, Elise Johansen and Philipp. P. Nickels.