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Interstate liability for climate change-related damage

Kosolapova, E.

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2013

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Kosolapova, E. (2013). Interstate liability for climate change-related damage.

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Index

absolute liability, 40, 43, 188

absolute obligations, 42, 51, 54, 57, 60, 64, 66, 68, 69, 141, 144, 189

actions for injunctive relief in domestic courts, 105 adjudication, 44, 131, 132, 182, 183 Antarctica, 8, 10, 55, 79, 80 arbitration, 44, 47, 131, 132, 145, 174, 182, 183 attribution in domestic courts, 63, 105, 117, 125, 195 of wrongful conduct, 62, 134, 139, 157, 177, 189, 195

Bali Action Plan, 28, 130, 134, 142, 144 breach, 36, 37, 51, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 72, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 103, 132, 133, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 157, 160, 161, 162, 166, 170, 171, 174, 175, 177, 178, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 189, 191, 192, 194 bunker fuels, 21 but for test, 96, 126

Canada, 26, 27, 33, 34, 41, 44, 74, 80, 85, 106, 107, 108, 129, 136, 145, 155, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 182, 192

capacity-building, 28, 29, 30, 32, 138, 142, 163, 185, 191

carbon market. See emissions trading causation causa proxima, 126, 159, 176, 177, 185, 194, 195 fairly traceable, 91, 94, 110, 114, 115, 116, 117, 122, 123, 194 general, 96, 99, 101 specific, 96, 99, 100, 194 CDM, 21, 22, 23, 25, 33, 140 cessation, 61, 71, 72, 73, 78, 80, 82, 88, 105, 132, 141, 160, 167, 174, 175, 181, 184, 186, 189, 192, 194, 195, 196 circumstances precluding wrongfulness

consent, 69, 71 countermeasures, 61, 70, 71, 83, 84, 170, 183, 184, 186, 192 distress, 70, 71 force majeure, 70, 71 necessity, 70 self-defence, 70, 71 civil liability regimes, 39, 42

claims for compensation, 3, 51, 88, 89, 90, 117, 126, 127, 158, 179, 181, 190, 193, 195

claims for compensation in domestic courts, 117 collective obligations, 79, 81 commitment period first, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 140, 141, 164, 165, 167, 185, 191 second, 20, 22, 26, 30, 32, 33, 34, 129, 136, 140, 141, 167, 187, 191 common but differentiated responsibilities

and respective capabilities, 3, 18, 19, 20, 31, 68, 133, 134, 135, 137, 149, 160, 161, 171, 172, 173, 186, 191 competent court, 77, 83, 131, 182, 186 Compliance Committee, 24, 25, 26, 27, 129, 131, 141, 165, 168, 169, 183 Enforcement Branch, 24, 27 Facilitative Branch, 24 compound obligation, 65 conciliation, 44, 182, 183

conditio sine qua non

see but for test, 176

consequences of climate change, 1, 7, 17, 38, 59, 129, 132, 141, 155, 178, 187, 188, 193 Cosmos 954, 41, 74 cut-off date, 125, 127, 159, 196 Czech Republic, 85, 126, 152, 153, 154, 157, 168, 175, 194 damage. See harm

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EITs, 3, 5, 19, 20, 21, 133, 161, 168, 169, 174, 191, 192

a certain degree of flexibility, 21, 168 Emissions Gap Report, 29, 34

emissions reduction or limitation, 25, 33, 129, 138, 140, 141, 168, 169, 171, 174, 185, 191 emissions trading, 22, 23, 25, 33, 140, 164, 165 environment damage to, 47, 48, 52, 55, 59, 129, 145, 155, 189 protection of, 48, 64 environmental damage, 50, 53, 55, 59, 72, 74, 75, 76, 155, 189

erga omnes. See obligations erga omnes

extreme weather events, 1, 8, 11, 13, 103, 115, 155, 158, 159, 160, 166, 171, 176, 177, 186

fault liability, 40

Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros, 83, 146

general principles of law, 3, 4, 84, 85, 190 harm actual vs. potential, 127, 157, 158, 160, 175, 179, 192, 194 foreseeability of, 72, 176, 194 minimization of, 56 significant, 46, 154, 166, 167, 180, 191 hazardous activities, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 58, 59, 66, 150, 189 ICAO, 5, 21, 151 IMO, 5, 21, 151 individual obligations, 79 Industrial Revolution, 8, 10, 104, 159, 167, 196 injunctive relief, 2, 88, 90, 105, 109, 111, 113, 117, 126, 127, 160, 167, 174, 179, 186, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196 injured state, 40, 71, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 132, 141, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 186, 193 injury-in-fact, 114

internationally wrongful act, 35, 36, 37, 43, 44, 51, 60, 61, 63, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 132, 134, 138, 143, 174, 175, 176, 179, 188, 189, 195 IPCC, 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 25, 30, 31, 33, 96, 101, 102, 104, 125, 134, 136, 141, 149, 150, 155, 156, 159, 160, 171, 179, 187 ITLOS, 38, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 82, 131, 146, 147, 148, 149, 153, 173, 181 ius cogens, 77

joint and several responsibility, 177, 180 Joint Implementation, 21, 22, 23, 25 jurisdiction or control, 47, 48, 61, 62, 66, 68, 69, 130, 145, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 166, 171, 185, 186, 191 lex specialis, 60, 162 liability channelling of, 50, 52 corrective function of, 37, 187 preventive function of, 37, 187 reparative function of, 37, 187

locus standi. See standing

loss and damage, 1, 2, 3, 31, 32, 130 market-based mechanisms, 21 Micronesia, 1, 126, 152, 153, 154, 157,

161, 173, 175, 180, 186, 194 Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary

Protocol on Liability and Redress, 36 NAMAs, 28, 29, 138, 141, 150, 172, 174 non-compliance, 25, 26, 89, 131, 132, 141,

obligation to ensure prompt, adequate, and effective compensation, 3, 35, 39, 44, 45, 51, 52, 57, 59, 88, 188, 189 obligation to negotiate a redress settlement,

3, 35, 39, 43, 44, 45, 58, 59, 88, 188 obligation to pay compensation, 3, 35, 39,

42, 43, 52, 57, 58, 88, 188 obligation to prevent significant

transboundary harm, 3, 45, 133, 148, 150, 155, 157, 162, 166, 167, 171, 173, 174, 177, 185, 186, 190, 191, 192, 194 obligation to take response action, 3, 35,

52, 55, 59, 188

obligations erga omnes, 81, 82, 181, 184 obligations of conduct, 61, 64, 65, 67, 69,

139, 147, 189

obligations of result, 61, 64, 65, 69, 139, 140, 165, 189

obligations on climate change adaptation, 3, 185, 190, 191

obligations on climate change mitigation, 3, 133, 162, 167, 178, 181, 185, 186, 190, 191, 192

ocean acidification, 7, 8, 10, 15, 158, 166 operator liability, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54,

55, 56, 57, 58, 66, 189 Outer Space Treaty, 40

peremptory norms, 61, 70, 77, 78, 82, 83, 174, 177, 178, 184, 186, 190, 192 Polar Regions, 8, 10, 12, 15

political question doctrine, 89, 90, 106, 107, 111, 118, 119, 120, 121, 126, 127, 193 polluter-pays principle, 49, 50, 129, 143 precautionary principle, 19, 90, 96, 98, 99, 103, 104, 148 primary rules, 3, 35, 37, 60, 63, 84, 133, 134, 174, 185, 190 procedural injury, 3, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 96, 100, 105, 109, 114, 117, 126, 161, 179, 190, 193, 194

procedural injury claims in domestic courts, 89

procedural obligations, 44, 65, 191 proportionate responsibility, 180

Prunéřov, 152, 153, 154, 157, 161

Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay, 38, 64,

67, 131, 146, 147, 153, 173 reparation, 41, 43, 44, 47, 61, 65, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 88, 132, 134, 141, 158, 159, 166, 175, 176, 180, 181, 183, 185, 188, 189, 195, 196 compensation, 61, 71, 73, 88, 141, 158, 160, 175, 177, 181 restitution, 61, 71, 73, 74, 76, 88, 158, 175, 189 satisfaction, 61, 71, 73, 76, 77, 88, 175, 189 response measures, 47, 48, 53, 56, 57, 59, 88, 175, 189 restoration measures, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59 retroactivity, 125, 177, 186, 189, 193, 195 sea level rise, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 103, 149,

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secondary rules, 35, 36, 37, 84, 134, 174, 190

self-help, 183, 192

slow onset events, 52, 158, 159, 160, 177 Space Liability Convention, 36, 40, 41, 42,

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standing, 90, 94, 106, 109, 110, 121, 127 state liability

approaches to, 39

state liability vs. state responsibility, 38 state responsibility

content of, 71 implementation of, 78 origins of, 61

state responsibility for climate change-related damage

content of, 174 developing states, 171 Implementation of, 179

industrialized states not party to KP, 169 industrialized states party to KP, 162 of EITs, 168

origins of, 161 strict liability, 40, 48, 50 substantive obligations, 175

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technology development and transfer, 28, 29, 32, 142, 144 Trail Smelter, 37, 47, 74, 80, 131, 145, 155 Tuvalu, 2, 60, 129, 180, 182, 187 ultra-hazardous activities, 39, 40 United States, 2, 44, 62, 74, 80, 84, 87, 89, 92, 93, 95, 108, 129, 145, 155, 170, 209 wrongful conduct, 60, 63, 71, 72, 73, 74, 80, 133, 141, 160, 175, 179, 180, 184, 189, 192, 195