Law of the Sea and Climate Change: ¿International Straits or Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment?

This work analyzes the situation of the Arctic Ocean and the effects of climate change applied to the Northwest Passage, a waterway linking the Pacific and the Atlantic, and is the subject of a relevant international dispute between the United States and Canada; which also has attracted the interest of States such as Japan, Norway, China and even the European Union. This scenario raises the obvious need to understand not only the particular situation facing the impact of climate change, but also the challenge of protecting and preserving them against the potential offered for international maritime trade.