Includes bibliographical references and index.

The growing challenge for marine governance : global environmental change / Paul G. Harris -- The global oceans regime : the law of the sea and beyond / Erik van Doorn -- The climate-oceans nexus : oceans in the climate regime, climate in the oceans regime / Rozemarijn J. Roland Holst -- The legal implications of ocean acidification : beyond the climate change regime / Jennicca Gordon -- Regimes for ocean management : regional seas programmes and blue-carbon habitats / Luciana Fernandes Coelho and Nata Tavonvunchai / Blue dimensions of the European Green Deal : climate action at sea / Gabriela A. Oanta -- Leadership : actors and their strategies in marine environmental governance / Małgorzata Zachara-Szymańska -- Experts : scientific knowledge for ocean protection / Alice B.M. Vadrot -- Civil society : nongovernmental organizations, public opinion, and individuals / Andrea Quirino Steiner, Elia Elisa Cia Alves, and Luís Paulo Santana -- Private governance : the case of Marine Stewardship Council certification in Russia / E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Dmitri L. Lajus, Lars H. Gulbrandsen -- Private-sector investors : climate action and blue carbon financing / Nata Tavonvunchai -- Vulnerable nations and communities : accounting for those most dependent on the seas / Greg Johnson, Amanda Alva, and Kelly Dunning -- Coastlines and nearshore habitats : interactive governance in an era of global environmental change / Tony George Puthucherril -- Islands : rising seas, vulnerable shorelines, and territorial integrity / Anemoon Soete -- Coral reefs : the case for social-ecological reflexivity / Pedro Fidelman -- Fisheries and aquaculture in Southeast Asia : managing the impacts of climate change / Anastasia Kuswardani and Achmad Poernomo -- The Baltic Sea and global environmental change : best-in-class governance? / Marko Joas, Henrik Ringbom and Nina Tynkkynen -- Governance of the Black Sea : institutional arrangements for managing the impacts of global environmental change / Emma Avoyan and Jan van Tatenhove -- Polar seas : governing extreme change in the Arctic and Southern Oceans / Nicole Wienrich, Hugh McDonald, Arne Riedel, Tim Packeiser and Janos Hennicke -- Oil pollution and black carbon in the Arctic : dynamic shipping governance in a rapidly warming region / Benjamin Hofmann -- The high seas : adapting to changes in pelagic ecosystems / Mitchell Lennan -- Plastic pollution : the challenges of uncertainty and multiplicity in global marine governance / Judith van Leeuwen, Tony R. Walker and Joanna Vince -- Maritime commerce and transport: the imperfect match between climate change and the International Maritime Organization / Judith van Leeuwen and Jason Monios -- Global change and the development of sustainable floating cities : regulatory and legal implications / Otto Spijkers and Chuxiao Yu -- Oceans and seas for sustainable development : challenges of global environmental change for SDG / Shailly Kedia and Kapil Narula -- Ethics, justice, and human rights: normative considerations in marine environmental change / Konrad Ott, Colin von Negenborn and Nele Matz-Lück -- Prospects for marine governance in the Anthropocene : portents from the climate regime / Paul G. Harris.

"This comprehensive Handbook provides a detailed and unique overview of current thinking about marine governance in the context of global environmental change. Many of the most profound impacts of global environmental change, and climate change in particular, will occur in the oceans. It is vital that we consider the role of marine governance in adapting to and mitigating these impacts. This comprehensive Handbook provides a thorough review of current thinking about marine environmental governance, including law and policy, in the context of global environmental change. Initial chapters describe international law, regimes, and leadership in marine environmental governance, in the process considering how existing regimes for climate change and the oceans should and can be coordinated. This is followed by an exploration of the role of non-state actors, including scientists, nongovernmental organisations, and corporations. The next section includes a collection of chapters highlighting governance schemes in a variety of marine environments and regions, including coastlines, islands, coral reefs, the open ocean, and regional seas. Subsequent chapters examine emerging issues in marine governance, including plastic pollution, maritime transport, sustainable development, environmental justice, and human rights. Providing a definitive overview, the Routledge Handbook of Marine Governance and Global Environmental Change is suitable for advanced students in marine and environmental governance, environmental law and policy, and climate change, as well as practitioners, activists, stakeholders, and others concerned about the world's oceans and seas"--