Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : From climate change to global sustainability / Akimasa Sumi and Nobuo Mimura -- Structuring knowledge of climate change / Ai Hiramatsu -- Climate change risk communication / Seita Emori -- Overview of climate change impacts / Nobuo Mimura -- Climate change impacts in Japan / Yasuaki Hijioka -- Water resource problems due to climate change / So Kazama -- Climate change and world food production in the twenty-first century / Hiroyuki Kawashima -- Effects of climate change and global warming on marine ecosystems and fishery resources / Yasuhiro Yamanaka and Masahiko Fujii -- Vulnerability of coastal zones in the twenty-first century / Hisamichi Nobuoka and Satoshi Murakami -- Adaptation and mitigation strategies in response to climate change / Makoto Tamura and Nobuo Mimura -- New international framework beyond the Kyoto Protocol / Hiroshi Hamasaki and Tatsuyoshi Saijo -- Emission reductions policy mix : industrial sector greenhouse gas emission reductions / Seiji Ikkatai -- Shell energy scenarios to 2050 / Shell International BV -- Climate policy and international development cooperation / Shunji Matsuoka -- Induction to a low-carbon city - innovation of urban form and human activities / Keisuke Hanaki -- The process of political decision-making on climate change and journalism in Japan / Tokuhisa Yoshida -- The conceptions of "environment" and eco-philosophy / Hideo Kawamoto -- Integration of a low-carbon society with a resource-circulating and nature-harmonious society / Toshihiko Masui -- Future vision towards a sustainable society / Akimasa Sumi.