Dr Frances Anggadi1
1Ancors, University of Wollongong, Australia
Biography:
Dr Frances Anggadi is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS). Her current teaching and research focuses on the international law of the sea, with an emphasis on State practice and sea-level rise. Frances is also a co-chair of the Oceans and International Environmental Law Interest Group of the Australian and New Zealand Society for International Law (ANZSIL), and previously served at the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department, advising across the full range of public international law issues.
Abstract:
Since the articulation of an ‘expanded concept of security’ in the 2018 Boe Declaration by the Pacific Islands Forum – together with recognition that ‘climate change remains the single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and wellbeing of the peoples of the Pacific’ – there has been increasing attention on the links between climate change and security, including maritime security. Recent debates before the UN Security Council have recognised that sea-level rise poses a threat to international peace and security on multiple fronts. This paper focuses on two of these most relevant to maritime governance: firstly, how sea-level rise raises the prospect of maritime jurisdictional uncertainty and loss, and secondly, how sea-level rise raises questions about the continuity of ‘statehood’ itself, an essential underpinning of the international law of the sea (and the international system as a whole). The paper will outline how Australia has sought to address these risks through regional and bilateral initiatives, and considers what broader implications might arise beyond the region