Global warming and climate change : prospects and policies in Asia and Europe

Introduction / A.Marquina -- pt 1. WATER AND FOOD: Water availability and policies in Asia / M. Mustafa -- Effects of climate change on hydrological resources in Europe: the case of Spain / T. Estrela Monreal and E. Vargas Amelin -- Climate change: implications on agriculture and food security in the short-medium term / T. Lindemann and D. Morra; pt. 2. NATURAL DISASTERS: A European mechanism to address natural disasters: working alone is not an option / K. Ifantis -- Natural disasters in Japan / H. Hayashi -- China and natural disasters: prospects and policies / L. Tianhong -- India and natural disasters / P.R.Chari -- Natural disasters and policies to confront: a case study of Vietnam / L.T. Duong -- Cooperation for natural disasters and special units: the Emergency Military Unit (UME) / J.M.G. Requena; pt. 3. ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED MIGRATION: From a socio-economic approach to migration to the inclusion of environmentally-induced migration in the Mediterranean / A. Marquina -- Global warming and climate change: prospects for forced migration in Southeast Asia / C. Hernndez; pt. 4. MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION POLICIES: The EU and Germany's policies on climate change / F. Umbach -- The nuclear energy debate and emissions reduction: the Italian case / M. De Leonardis -- EU policies for renewable energies / J. de Quinto Romero and J. Lopez Milla -- Adaptation to climate change in the EU: the Spanish case / A. Guitierrez Teira -- China's emissions reduction policy: problems and prospects / M. Meidan -- An analysis of energy utilization efficiency in China / S. Dan -- Japan's policy for energy and emissions reduction and foreign aid / S. Sudo -- Coping with climate change: a Korean perspective / J. Lee -- India's energy and climate concerns: the inter-Linkages, constraints and policy choices / D. Sharma -- Climate change and human security in Southeast Asia: issues and challenges / M. Caballero-Anthony -- Climate change awareness and responses: some initiatives and perspectives from Malaysia / M. bin Mokhtar -- Thailand environmental policies: mitigation and adaptation to climate change and implications for human security / K. Kraisoraphong -- Climate change and human security in the Philippines: Government policies, assessments and public opinion / P. Bennagen ; pt. 5. CONCLUSIONS: The politics of East Asia's environmental crisis: the coming environmental authoritarianism / M. Beeson -- Environmental challenges, conflict prevention and human security -- A. Marquina.