Climate Change and Environmental Hazards Related to Shipping An International Legal Framework

Professor Dr. Hans-Joachim Koch is Professor at Hamburg University (em. 2010) and is a founder of the Research Centre for Environmental Law. From 2002-2008 he was chairman of the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), and, since 2005 has been Chairman of the Association for Envrionmental Law (Gesellschaft f r Umweltrecht). Dr. Doris K nig, M.C.L. is President of Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, and holds the Claussen-Simon-Foundation Chair of International Law. Professor Dr. Joachim Sanden is Head of Directorate in the Ministry of Urban Development and Environment of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Extraordinary Professor at Leuphana University Lueneburg. His main research interests are in the fields of International, European and German Environmental Law. Dr. Roda Verheyen is an attorney in private pracice with a focus on environmental and planning law. Her academic interest is in climate change law and the connext between development, finance and environment. She has an extensive background in international law and the making of international agreements.