Introduction / Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi -- Global Warming and Climate Extremes : The Impact of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) on the Ozone / Clifton C. White, Rebecca McGuire -- Health, Human Security and Climate Change / Laura L. Janik -- Accommodating "Climate Refugees" : Models of Sovereignty and Security in the International Climate Regime / Craig A. Johnson -- China and Climate Change : Environmental Impacts, Human Security, and Mitigation Policies and Actions / Jian Li -- Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Western China's Minqin Oasis : Joining Forces with Civil Society / Maria Bondes, Ding Li -- Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Human Security : Challenges for Brazil / Eduardo Assad, António Márcio Buainain, Hilton Pinto, Miguel Rocha de Sousa, Vanessa Duarte -- Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Human Insecurities : Understanding the Impact on India / Roopinder Oberoi, M.P. Singh -- Climate Change and its Impacts : Domestic and International Responses of Japan / Cheng Fang-Ting -- Domestic Debates on Climate in Russia / Leonid Grigoryev, Igor Makarov, Alla Salmina -- Climate Change, Its Effects, and the Political Economy of Adaptation and Mitigation : Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean Region / Paul A. Williams -- The Ecological Paradox in Russia : Political, Social and Economic Issues and Challenges / Natalia Eremina, Igor N. Barygin -- Climate Change in Bangladesh and Nepal : Issues Challenges and Strategies / R.K. Mishra, P.S. Janaki Krishna -- Conclusion / Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi -- About the Contributors and the Editor.