ANTONIO MARQUINA is Chair in International Security and Cooperation, Complutense University, Spain.

• Introduction; A.Marquina IPCC Assessment Reports : Challenges Presented ; A.Yábar PART I: WATER AND FOOD Water Availability and Policies in Asia; M.Mustafa Prospects for Water Availability in Europe and Spain; T.Estrela & E.Vargas Climate Change: Implications on Agriculture and Food Security in the Short-Medium Term; T.Lindemann PART II: NATURAL DISASTERS A European Mechanism to Address Natural Disasters; K.Ifantis Japan and Natural Disasters; H.Hayashi China and Natural Disasters: Prospects and Policies; L.Tianhong India and Natural Disasters; P.R.Chari Vietnam and Policies to Manage Natural Disasters; L.T.Duong Cooperation for Natural Disasters and Special Units: The Emergency Military Unit (UME); J.M.G.Requena PART III: ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED MIGRATION From a Socio-Economic Approach to Migration to the Inclusion of Environmentally-Induced Migration in the Mediterranean; A.Marquina Global Warming, Climate Change and Human Security: Prospects for Forced Migration in East Asia; C.Hernández PART IV: MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION POLICIES 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& J.López Adaptation to Climate Change in the EU: The Spanish Case; A.G.Teira China's Emissions Reduction Policy: Problems and Prospects; M.Meidan Energy Efficiency in China; S.Dan Japan 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 Responses from Malaysia; M.bin Mokhtar Thailand Environmental Policies: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Implications for Human Security; K.Kraisoraphong Climate Change and HumanSecurity in the Philippines: Government Policies, Assessments and Public Opinion; P.Bennagen PART V: CONCLUSIONS The Politics of East Asia's Environmental Crisis: The Coming Environmental Authoritarianism; M.Beeson Environmental Challenges, Conflict Prevention and Human Security; A.Marquina