Melting sea ice, changing naval geopolitics: The impacts of climate change in the maritime delimitations in the Arctic and the challenges to the UNCLOS

Melting sea ice, changing naval geopolitics: The impacts of climate change in the maritime delimitations in the Arctic and the challenges to the UNCLOS

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El Ártico, afectado profundamente por el cambio climático, experimenta una disminución de la criosfera en el Círculo Polar Ártico, vista por los Estados polares como una oportunidad económica y estratégica. Aunque esta “normalidad” ha generado desafíos geopolíticos en la región, marcada por la cooperación desde la Guerra Fría, ahora se transforma en conflicto. Rusia y los Estados occidentales intensifican operaciones militares, acusándose mutuamente de intensificación militar. No obstante, un aspecto subestimado es la evaluación geopolítica del deshielo y el aumento del nivel del mar, especialmente su impacto en la línea de marea baja y las regulaciones de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar (Convemar). Este artículo discute los resultados del aumento del nivel del mar en los aspectos territoriales y geopolíticos del océano Ártico.

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