Global Warming and Climate Change: Prospects and Policies in Asia and Europe

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-13
IPCC Assessment Reports: Challenges Presented....Pages 14-31
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Water Availability and Policies in Asia....Pages 35-57
Effects of Climate Change on Hydrological Resources in Europe: The Case of Spain....Pages 58-77
Climate Change: Implications on Agriculture and Food Security in the Short-Medium Term....Pages 78-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
A European Mechanism to Address Natural Disasters: Working Alone Is Not an Option....Pages 99-117
Natural Disasters in Japan....Pages 118-132
China and Natural Disasters: Prospects and Policies....Pages 133-144
India and Natural Disasters....Pages 145-158
Natural Disasters and Policies to Confront: A Case Study of Vietnam....Pages 159-171
Cooperation for Natural Disasters and Special Units: The Emergency Military Unit (UME)....Pages 172-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
From a Socioeconomic Approach to Migration to the Inclusion of Environmentally Induced Migration in the Mediterranean....Pages 187-207
Global Warming and Climate Change: Prospects for Forced Migration in Southeast Asia....Pages 208-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
The EU and Germany’s Policies on Climate Change....Pages 227-252
The Nuclear Energy Debate and Emissions Reduction: The Italian Case....Pages 253-266
EU Policies for Renewable Energies....Pages 267-286
Adaptation to Climate Change in the EU — the Spanish Case....Pages 287-306
China’s Emissions Reduction Policy: Problems and Prospects....Pages 307-321
An Analysis of Energy Utilization Efficiency in China....Pages 322-345
Japan’s Policy for Energy Emissions Reductions and Foreign Aid....Pages 346-356
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Coping with Climate Change: A Korean Perspective....Pages 357-372
India’s Energy and Climate Concerns: The Inter-linkages, Constraints and Policy Choices....Pages 373-392
Climate Change and Human Security in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges....Pages 393-413
Climate Change Awareness and Responses: Some Initiatives and Perspectives from Malaysia....Pages 414-426
Thailand Environmental Policies: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Implications for Human Security....Pages 427-443
Climate Change and Human Security in the Philippines: Government Policies, Assessments and Public Opinion....Pages 444-461
Front Matter....Pages 463-463
The Politics of East Asia’s Environmental Crisis: The Coming of Environmental Authoritarianism?....Pages 465-480
Environmental Challenges, Conflict Prevention and Human Security....Pages 481-497
Back Matter....Pages 499-510