Strengthening the Stewardship of the Sargasso Sea

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In honor of David Freestone, Brill has published "Frontiers in International Environmental Law: Ocean and Climate Challenges": a collection of essays exploring how law and legal scholarship has responded to some of the most important oceans and climate governance challenges of our time. In the chapter entitled "Strengthening the Stewardship of the Sargasso Sea," Ambassador Balton, Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, �� , examines several models to strengthen stewardship of the Sargasso Sea, each entailing a binding international agreement to reestablish the Sargasso Sea Commission.

"Strengthening the Stewardship of the Sargasso Sea" can be downloaded below. The full publication can be purchased .

Author

Ambassador David Balton

Former Executive Director of the Arctic Executive Steering Committee, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 2021-2025

Polar Institute

Since its inception in 2017, the Polar Institute has become a premier forum for discussion and policy analysis of Arctic and Antarctic issues, and is known in Washington, DC and elsewhere as the Arctic Public Square. The Institute holistically studies the central policy issues facing these regions—with an emphasis on Arctic governance, climate change, economic development, scientific research, security, and Indigenous communities—and communicates trusted analysis to policymakers and other stakeholders. Read more

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