Resumen de Ocean and sea level rise as a research issue in public international law. Modern legal framework and future problems.
Rising sea level and wasteful desertification are considered the most significant consequences of climate change, which may affect the everyday life of many citizens of our planet in the near future. Despite the alarming reports rising sea level to this date has not been a major social problem. Economic loses and displacements associated with natural disasters are definitely more visible global problems. The aim of this article is dilemnas of the public international law and intergovernmanetal cooperation associated with rising sea level. Opening deliberations are focused on the brief analysis of potential scale of rising sea level in the future. Next part highlights the existing gaps in public international law, hindering response to the potential threats. The particularly discussed problems are controvercies over responsibility for irreversible climate change. According to the AOSIS states well-developed countries such as the U.S. playing the role of so-called environmental agressors. The article devotes much attention to the impact of climatic deterritorialization of the country to the continuity of state and connected international law institutions (e.g. citizenship). I present the most significant points of view concerning the measures of legal protection of persons forced to leave their country as a result of climate change.
