Atoll Island States and International Law Climate Change Displacemen
Atoll Island States exist on top of what is perceived to be one of the planet's most vulnerable ecosystems: atolls. It has been predicted that an increase in the pace of sea level rise brought about by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmos
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Atoll Island States and International Law Climate Change Displacement and Sovereignty
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Lilian Yamamoto • Miguel Esteban
Atoll Island States and International Law Climate Change Displacement and Sovereignty
Lilian Yamamoto Londrina Brazil
Miguel Esteban Graduate School of Frontier Sciences The University of Tokyo Chiba, Japan
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Acknowledgements
It is difficult to comprehensively acknowledge all the people who have helped us throughout the years, as a book really is the sum of ideas, conversations, and research that occurs over a long period of time. First of all, though, we think we should acknowledge the role that both our PhD supervisors have had in our careers up to now. Prof. Shibayama, now at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Waseda University, is really a father figure to all his students, not only providing support but also acting as a role model on how to be an academic. Prof. Kohki Abe, at the Law School of Kanagawa University, is one of the most d
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