Theme I : Setting the stage. 1. Climate disruption : remaking the agenda of MEAs in Asia and the world / Nicholas A. Robinson. 2. Reframing global warming : toward a strategic national planning framework / Scott Victor Valentine. 3. Climate change -- living in the anthropocene / Jeff Obbard -- Theme II : Clean Development Mechansim (CDM). 4. An overview of the Clean Development Mechanism in Southeast Asia / Jolene Lin. 5. CDM in China / Yang Xing and Wang Xi. 6. Empirical considerations in the development of CDM projects in Asia / William I.Y. Byun and Felix H.C. Chan. 7. Making markets work -- a review of CDM performance and the need for reform / Charlotte Streck and Jolene Lin -- Theme III : Emissions trading in the European Union and Asia. 8. Regional framework : the European Union emissions trading scheme -- past, present and future / Kurt Deketelaere and Marijke Schurmans. 9. Trends in carbon trading : practical lessons -- Theme IV : Effective implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Asia. 10. Singapore's national climate change strategy / K. Suresh. 11. Japan : achieving its Kyoto target / Hiroji Isozaki. 12. Compliance under the Kyoto Protocol and its implications for the Asian region / Maria Socorro Manguiat. 13. Climate change as a threat to peace & security : glacial melting & human security in the Himalayas / Kishan Khoday. 14. The Kyoto Protocol and beyond : a South Asian perspective / Asanga Gunawansa. 15. Beyond Kyoto : climate change including a discussion of the AP6 initiative from the Australian perspective / Michael I. Jeffery. 16. Protecting forests to mitigate global climate change / Charlotte Streck.